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Originally Posted by viviansnickers  Hi everyone...
Went to our annual vet visit yesterday and came to find out Snickers has LP in both his rear knees. I'm so very, very saddened by this. A few days ago my dad picked Snick up and Snick let out a little yelp. He has been hobbling and gingerly walking and not himself since then. The vet confirmed grade 3 in one leg (the one he is ginger on) and grade 1 in the other. We are just so beyond devestaded.
Please share with me your experince. Snick is on glucosamine supplements now as well as an anti-inflammatory (remydel-not sure of the spelling.)
My husband and I are going to get a 2nd and 3rd opinion from an orthopedic specialist but our vet did say surgery was an option.
So very sad...  Thank you in advance...
-Vivian |
Hi Vivian, Definitely understand what you are going thru.
Here is a link to my thread once Hot Rod came home from surgery. The pictures are a bit graphic so just prep yourself if you are up to seeing them.
http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...picture-b.html
Having said all of that, I am very, very glad that we had the surgery. Hot Rod is still healing 7 mos after surgery and may very well take several more months but his little knee is as tight as can be! We just saw the vet several weeks ago and she said that it felt great. The surgeon told us that he would not develop arithtis from this either.
It was a very long recovery (6 weeks) but all so worth it--now in hind sight, lol. We really didn't have much time to think about it all (thank goodness) so we didn't go back and forth on deciding. Literally from diagnosis to surgery was 6 days! The surgery was the hardest part and once we were able to pick him up and hold him, it was all better.
I would make sure that your surgeon is well qualified. Ask questions, and write everything down because trust me, you will not hear/remember half the things the surgeon will tell you and especially once you have him back in your arms.
Thank goodness hubby was there. Do not feel shy about finding out how many surgeries the surgeon has done. We were very fortunate in that our surgeon had worked on friends dogs so we had a heads up to start with.
feel free to pm with questions or just need to talk about it. I can appreciate it being so hard in deciding to go thru it. I can honestly say that I am very happy to have done it.
Bo