 Max had LP Surgery
My 1 1/2 year old had the surgery. I was desperate for info during the time leading up to the surgery, so if you have any questions I'll be happy to tell you of our experience.
The basics were that his left leg was as bad as it gets so we had to have it done right away. His right leg is in between a 2-3 so we are watching it for now. He went in for surgery and had to stay overnight, though I did go visit him the day of his surgery. He was pretty drunk at the time of the visit so it wasn't very pretty, but probably harder on me than him. I left him a blanket with my scent on it and we picked him up the next morning. That second day we gave him pain meds so he mostly slept. After that he was back to his usual self and seemed to do just fine. We didn't even give him any more pain meds. He had a soft cast for about 10 days until the stitches came out. My husband built him a ramp so he could get up and down off of our bed because you CANNOT stop him from jumping. He was up and down off of the couch within a couple of days whether we liked it or not.
This was in May and he is doing great now. Like I said, for now we are just watching the other leg.
Hope this helps!
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