Thanks for the reassuring posts, really appreciate them as I am sure all of us who's yorkies suffer from this cruel condition do.
Gatsby seems to get a little better so he can put some weight on his bad knee, and then he does something stupid like one of us humans will come in the door and he has to tear down the stairs for a greeting... then its back to 3-legged maneuvering for a long time. We are considering new measures like calling in advance so we can pick him up before we get to the door. He has pain meds, but we hate to use them becuase we need him to learn NOT to spaz out any longer and I don't want to cover up the pain so he will learn to take it easy, poor little boy...
I will get a second opinion from the surgeon, and that will happen after we get back from vacation in August. No way would I go on vacation and worry about his healing.
I am also wondering if hard wood floors make it worse, since they have low friction and would allow for more lateral slip than carpet. We have 1/2 a house of hardwood.