Connie and Yorkiemalt, Thanks so much for your thoughts and prayer. Roxy is doing well the Doctor said that everything went very well and she is very pleased. Her chest x-ray really didn't show anything bad, so she feels her Trachea Collpase is very mild and low grade and managable, hopefully it remains that way. The LP was not the 'normal' type of LP surgery b/c Roxy legs are 'slightly' curved, so she only had to deepen the groove and tighten some muscle and tissue. One of Roxy's legs was worse though, b/c after she deepened the groove the tendon did slip right back in, but the 'knee cap' wanted to remain facing the wrong way
So the Doctor had to play around with that, but in the end she feels confident that all went well. Now, the true test will be how she recovers. She will definatly be in the hospital until Friday and then we will have to see if she is able to be released. Which is fine with me. I'd rather her stay and get peace and rest.
TJ is ok. He was with Daddy all day. He boycoted food, pooping and peeing. He did finally pee around 4pm. He finally ate around 8 pm. BUT NO POOP YET! I haven't seen him limp today - YAY! I breifly told the Doctor about him after we talked about Roxy. Time will just tell with him. He doesn't seem to be in pain. My Vet didn't give me any meds for him, just told him NO HARD PLAY and to watch to see how often (or not) he seems to just carry that leg in air. And like I said, nothing today (although, I have only been around him for a short period of time so far). He seems to be a little sad, but he isn't looking for Roxy, so the little bugger is probably enjoying being an only child!
Thanks again for your prayers and well wishes, but I know that we have just started on our LP journey
. Recovery is going to be rough, but I am remaining positive.
I will keep you updated as we go.