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Originally Posted by Jbj23  Hi. I have an 8 month old yorkie, Phoebe, who has 2 laxating patellas. We were referred to a surgeon from our family vet. We saw the surgeon yesterday. She classified Phoebes patellas each as a grade 3+ on a scale of 1-4, 4 being the worst. She recommended having both knees done. I am just so leary of doing the surgery. I guess, I am looking to see if there are people who have had a 3+ and not fixed them? If so, does it worse quickly or do they do relatively ok? Also, if you are a parent of a yorkie who did both legs at one time, how did that go? Success rate? It is just so much to take in..... Thank you for any advice and suggestions. I really appreciate it.
Sincerely,
The mom of a collie, 2 yorkies, a cat & 6 chicks |
Sounds like your on the right track...Things have been going so fast for our 3 yr old Zoey the past few weeks what with getting second opinions and finally ending up with an ortho specialist who said we should do both. I already resigned myself to that . Same healing for both, the less bad knee would take all the workload while the repaired knee healed if we didn't do both, plus it is way cheaper ..AND it is a good time of the year what with no holidays to work around and she can be outdoors to pass the time.....we brought her home yesterday and she is standing to pee and hobbles around a little at a time....is on pain meds and anti inflammatory s....eats good too which I was worried about.
Ace bandage from top of thigh to and around foot to keep swelling down...prognosis , good, both knees equally bad with some wearing down of the cartilage...I just found it hard to accept it was getting worse and the risk of damage as time goes on is inevitable in so many ways..Even at age 3....
YES there is a lot to learn but the people on here are fabulous and are really informative....that means a lot....thank you all!
Good luck