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Originally Posted by Gigi485  Ok, just got the call, surgery is over. The left knee had the torn ccl too. He explained further that what they do is take out the damaged part and then use thick nylon suture to repair and then the scar tissue that grows around it acts like a replaced ligament. Recovery will be a bit longer. 6 weeks of strict cage rest. 4-5 months until full recovery. They're gonna show me the 3x a day physical therapy tomorrow. Glad it's over. |
Yay, glad to hear he made it though and it's all over. That's a long recovery, but they do get used to the restrictions.
I do hope that you continue to update us on his progress. I don't recall anyone here that ever had total knee replacement on their dog, so anything you could document here would be very useful to someone else that might go through this in the future.
Hurdle one is out of the way, next hurdle will be to bring Sully home!