Hello everyone..I joined a while ago...posted a few times, but I am mostly a lurker, I don't know why, as this site is full of such wonderful and helpful information and people. Not many people in the real world get how Opi is like one of my kids. They don't get that I cry like a baby when she's sick or hurting, as I had done with my children when they were little.
We got our little girl in March, she was 3 1/2 months old and a wopping 2lbs. Today she 11 months old to the day and 5 lbs.
She's had quite a few issues over the months we've had her. Many stomach/diet problems, the pickiest darn eater I have ever seen, giardia. Not gaining weight. But we've gotten through them. She was too little to get fixed when we wanted to, and went into her first heat(oh that was fun!) before her surgery was scheduled. So she's not fixed yet.
Anyway..she was at the vet recently for yet another tummy issue, and during the exam they mentioned to her daddy that there was a problem with her hind legs, something with ligaments, but didn't go into it much because she was sick at the time. And I wasn't at visit so I didn't get enough information!
This week, her cute little walk she's had since we brought home, got a little not so cute, and the other night she just stopped wanting to stand up, she didn't want to walk and wouldn't put her front leg down. We got her into the vet immediately and we were told she has LP and she should get the surgery as soon as we can. She is Grade 3. From what I've read on here since I found out, it is common in these little ones. But, I feel horrible...I see now, that her cute walk, and the funny way she ate her food from day 1, her back legs would pop up in the air, were not so cute. I had no idea. She loved to jump from couch to chair, to the floor and back up again...I didn't know letting her do these things were bad for her. So now we are trying to get her to stop jumping...she actually seems very apprehensive about doing that anyway. I don't know how we'll break this habit...because she's a smart little one and do something once and she's hooked and doesn't forget!
Anyway....I'm just looking for some guidance, information, ideas, and people who understand.
We will definitely do the surgery..as soon as I figure out the financial end of it. I hate that she is hurting & uncomfortable.
