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Originally Posted by pstinard   I hadn't thought about complications. I'm used to thinking of morbidity in terms of death. More questions to ask tomorrow. There is a youtube video of this surgery being performed, but I can't bring myself to watch it--yet. surgical correction of medial patella luxation in dogs.flv - YouTube
Well, I watched the beginning where it looks like they're cutting open a salmon, but when they cut deeper and brought out the needles, I had to skip ahead to where they bring out the bone chisel, watched about 5 seconds, and then had to turn it off. |
I fainted three times during my nursing career....and all three had to do with bone....first was a nose job and when the chisel came out and they started chipping that hump off the top of that nose, I was gone. The second was when they were putting a pin thru a leg and attaching traction...when the Black and Decker drill came out and they started drilling a hole thru the leg to run the rod out the other side, I was gone! Third time, in ICU when they cracked a chest to massage the heart....cut thru the sternum....OMG!.....I was gone. When I had my heel spur removed from my left heel, the surgeon said they were going to do a block....inject anesthesia into....I said stop....I cant stand needles and I cant take bone chips flying off my foot....put me under or I am out of here! I can not stand anything to do with cutting/chipping/broken bones....I didnt watch your surgery video either! Wishing your baby a uneventful operative procedure and a speedy recovery!