The last news I saw was posted Oct. 18:
"Chopstix had a recheck yesterday with her orthopedist. This was to
check on the progress of the tendons in her wrist after 30 days of
hydrotherapy treatments. Unfortunately, now we have a new problem. The
cartilage in her wrists is starting to breakdown, which means that she
now effectively has osteoarthritis in her right front leg. Her current
doc thinks that there is probably nothing that we can do to correct
this situation, so we are again in search of a specialist who may be
able to help improve Chopper's leg. We have changed her pain meds to
Metacam in hopes of being able to get some weight on her...she is
still quite under weight. I will be exploring our options over the
next week and will post as soon as I find someone. "
They haven't given up, but the last couple of reports on her legs, esp. the right one, haven't sounded promising. |