Ok I have answers now. It's good and bad news. The good news is, it could be worse. I keep reminding myself of that and it does help me feel much better. The bad news is, is the fall knocked his knee cap out of place and it can't be pushed back in. He will need surgery to remove the knee cap. Vet said the sooner the better and he's on anti-inflammatory and pain meds right now. That's problem number one. Problem number two is he has mild to moderate hip dyspepsia. We are going to keep an eye on it for now hoping it doesn't progress. I am going to start researching healthy diets and also get him to loose a few pounds because he does need to lose 1 to 1.5 lbs. I can see by looking at him. I already took him for a walk since I picked him up and he is doing better already. But for now it looks like the focus will be that knee.
Yes my daughter does feel bad. She wanted to go into the vet room with me to see the xrays and hear what the doc had to say. So she came in and learned too. I'm not mad at her. I was at first though. I had to keep reminding myself that she didn't mean it the way I was taking it at the time. I wanted to lay it on her. I'm glad I didn't. I just told her that was very important information and she should have told me given the situation. I think she realizes. I'm not going to punish or scold her. She loves charlie and would never want to hurt him and she knows that she should have just told me. Shes a good girl but yes, she probably felt really bad and avoided telling me. It wouldn't happen again. I could see how she felt. |