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Originally Posted by maggiefromnj  I'm not going to argue with you guys. I know you have more experience than me and I'm glad you try to educate the rest of us and now the OP can make an informed decision. For us, another surgery so soon was just not something we wanted for many reasons ($, surgery risks, personal reasons) ,including that there could be yet ANOTHER unavoidable one in her future for the other knee. I'm hopeful that she doesn't develop arthritis and that if she does that it can be managed. She will be turning 8 in April and today was out joyfully running. Our vet is very experienced and I expected him to suggest surgery.
Here in NJ, vet surgery is VERY expensive. We took her to U of P for her back surgery and spent THOUSANDS! So much that I don't even tell my friends what it really cost because they would think I was nuts. But, in that case we were watching her become more paralyzed by the hour..... |
Callie had LP and CCL surgery on one knee and it was $3500. Years later we did LP surgery on the other knee at $2500 then a year latter her CCL tore and it was surgery for $2000. Very expensive but I found away to pay for them because I knew it was best. At almost 11 she already has some arthritis I can not imagine how terrible it would have been if I didn’t fix the CCLs. I sure everyone gets lucky now and then but I would not play with that kinda luck with my babies. The research shows its much better to surgically fix it. In Maryland it is very expensive for vet care.