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Originally Posted by sashacarlino  Good morning I was just reading you post about your Lucy having grade 3 luxating patella. I was hoping for some advice I have a yorkie who just turned 5 and never once did she show any signs of it until November. she ran into her food dish and flipped over she began limping took her to our vet and he said it was luxating patella probably caused by injury gave some meds and six weeks rest and she was great until wed she skid on the floor and now limped on the other leg. Took her in and she was graded 2. The original leg went to a one. He feels now that she was born with this. So more meds and one month rest. It's killing me that my baby has this. We bought steps for couch and bed and she's been using them but she would sometimes jump on or off bed it's hard to keep her from doing that. I would so much appreciate your experience with this he did not recommend surgery for her yet. But my feat is can she still run and play with this or is she going to be limited I am so scared for her. Thanks for listening |
Well, I am in your same boat pretty much. Lucy was born with luxating patella and it will never go away. We know that. She has done fine with it ~ until now.
She has been on crate rest this past week - but let her out for a good while yesterday; she immediately wanted to run and play, slid on the wood floors and held the back leg up for a minute. I can't say that she will NEVER need surgery for her knee - but right now we have more pressing health concerns for her.
My vet is a firm believer that a dog is going to be a dog and it will be very difficult to keep them from running and playing. I think the steps for couch and bed and good ideas but I don't know that you can stop this from happening again.
I say only what the ER vet said to be when he first diagnosed Lucy - be wary if surgery is recommended right away for a low-level LP. He did not think it was always necessary. But now that Lucy is graded with a 3 (grading is a little bit subjective BTW) I can see a time when she might need surgery.
That surgery may or may not be 100% helpful. Certainly, I am not going to keep her on crate rest all the time! I'm going to let her enjoy her life; play; do what she can do; and if she eventually needs surgery - then so be it. We'll do it and hope for the best.
Take one day at a time and I wish I had more answers for you!