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When I got home from work Friday evening - I noticed Bridget favoring her rear left leg. Of course I freaked and called the vet on Saturday and got her right in. The vet felt her knees and felt that the knee was swollen, but that nothing was broken and thought that x-rays at this point was not necessary. Gave me pain/anti-inflammatory meds and asked me to call her in a few days if not better. Yesterday I felt I wanted to have x-rays done so I scheduled them for this morning...better safe than sorry. I just heard back and was told her knee is swollen - probably from an injury (which I don't know what happened), and she has a grade 2 luxating patella. If I understand correctly (which I may not as my head was spinning) the swelling is causing the knee to not be able to go back into the socket correctly - but will once the swelling goes down. She is prescribing a low dose pain/anti-inflammatory med, and wants to see her back in about 2 weeks to see how she is doing. She said at that point we'd see what if anything needs to be done. I had the vet check her knees last month when she was spayed and they felt there was no issues. Did her injuring her knee bring this to the surface?

I guess I'm looking for any kind of comments to help me understand what exactly this means. Bridget is 9 months old. Since she is so young - am I to assume this will get worse? Do some remain at grades and never get worse? Should her activity be restricted (besides no jumping on and off furniture)? She likes to be up on the bed and couch with us - which is better - ramp or steps?

Sorry for all the questions - but everyone here is so helpful and understanding and I really value all your advise as most have real life knowledge - not just textbook. I love our vet, but sometimes time is limited and I don't think of all the questions when I should.
Thanks in advance for any information - it's really appreciated!