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Originally Posted by My lil friend  Yesterday our pom fell in the kitchen. She was walking across the tile floor and just fell with all 4 legs straight out (kinda like Bambi on ice). I thought that her hip was injured but it turns out that she has blown the ACL in her back leg. Little thing didnt even cry! She is 10 1/2 yrs old,heart is good,blood work is good,hips are good,she is about a lb over weight (8lbs instead of 7lbs). We have started pain and anti-inflamitory meds to help her. She is not allowed to walk on the tile anywhere in the house for right now,just to much of a challenge with her injury.
I understand the surgery for repairs and was needing to hear what others have done for recovery. I want to make sure that I am prepared before we go into this. What is usually recommended. Thank you in advance for your time. |
That's sad! I hate to read of a 10 year old having an accident like that.
Cathy (107barney) just had her Barney go through ACL surgery a week ago tomorrow. You should send her a pm and she'll help guide you, I'm sure. My Kacee saw two large dogs cut across a corner of our yard and she tore out running like a maniac and turned wrong in her fenced-in yard and tore her ACL completely in two. She had surgery and you'd never know it ever happened. That was a little over three years ago now. She couldn't jump or run for two months. I had to take her out in her yard on a leash to be sure she didn't take off running. (She often gets the zoomies when she's out there!) She is good as new today. No indication it ever happened.