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Originally Posted by casey13

Hi I have just come back from an appointment with a specialist centre, both Lucy's knees are a grade three where the kneecap is sitting on the outside of her knee,
He said her back paws are starting to turn in which can increase the risk of a cruciate tear. She is very grumpy when her sister knocks her back legs and I often find her panting so I stretch the leg to ease it.
Every time I pick her up you can feel both patellas moving in your hand, gives me the shivers.
As she is only two I have decided to get them done. He doesn't like to see dogs in pain after surgery so uses a fentanyl patch for pain. He also uses an epidural s for at least 8 hours of pain relief while the patch kicks in. He is wanting to do the second knee 4 weeks after the first, any thoughts on whether I should stretch the time in between surgeries?

It's is a very long recovery period so you might be better off getting both done at the same time.