Keeping Pnut in my prayers....

So sorry to hear this, I'm praying all goes well.

Thanks Cathy for your input! The only reason why I wanted to wait till Dec is bc I will be off for 2 weeks- Im not sure how hard it would be do leave him the day after surgery to go to work- I know his knee pops out often- Esp now that it is colder- I know he needs the surgery- Im going to do research and try to get all the info I can, but there is nothing like hands on expierence from you guys!

How would I find a certified vet to do the surgery?

That is good- Pnut pops his knee out about 4-7 times a day. He jumps ok and runs with no problem its only the skipping that he does-

Could you take a week or two off from work or use vacation time? I was lucky because I got to stay with Callie all of the time but I would think you should at least be with him for the first week. I would look for an orthopedic surgeon not just a vet.

Right now i only have 3 vacation days- I get more in July.

I just called my vet- I asked who the vet was that did the surgery she said Dr Sandu ( my vet) calls his orthopedic surgeon to come in and do the surgery. So Pnut would be getting it done by an orthopedic surgeon- i should have asked when I was there, but I was so upset I didnt.

Pnuts left leg is at a 1- my question is should I get the surgery on both? Right now he doesnt ever limp or skip on his left leg, but I know his right leg is so bad he probably uses his left more- im worried when his right leg is fixed will he start limping on his left? I know i should ask my vet and i will but i wanted to see if anyone had expierence!!

Sorry to hear about your baby. My Pixie had surgery almost 2 years ago when she was 4. She had no signs of LP an vet never mentioned it. One day Nikki scared her and she fell of the bed. She has always used ramps or stairs. The next day she couldn't stand up and it looked like her leg was hanging funny. I took her to the ER. The Er vet said it was LP. I wasn't sure since Pixie had never had any indication of it. I didn't have confidence in the er vet so I took her back later that night when a different vet was on duty he took an Xray and said LP surgery was needed. I took her to her regular vet the next day and she agreed. In the mean time I kept her confined and on pain meds. I made an appointment with the board certified surgeon at the ER Hospital and she said surgery as well. She had the surgery that day. I think if I had given her leg more time to rest i may not have had the surgery done, but I'm not sure. Pixie did fine during the surgery and recovery wasn't as bad as I thought. Pixie is not a very active dog and after the first 5-6 days I was able to put Roxie in with her and they slept a lot. I used various ways of confinement to prevent boredom. I would put her on my bed with a small animal expen around her. I moved the little expen to which ever room I was in so she could be part of what was going on. I bought a larger play yard and set that up in my bedroom next to my bed. She slept there with Cali and Roxie. I put her little crate in there and they liked being in there. The first few days she slept most of the time and I carried her a lot. By the 4th week she was able to walk more so I only confined her when I couldn't be there. Knock on wood she has been fine since. She had Grade 3.
My Cali who is almost 7 has grade 4 in both and has never had a problem until recently. The other day she started limping on her back left leg. I gave her medcam for a couple of days and kept her semi confined. She is doing better now. I am hoping to avoid surgery but not sure if that will happen. She has been grade 4 for 5 years and this is the first time she has had any problems. Good luck!

Well I feel better- Dh just sold some of his tools- in 2 hours we made 400$!! I feel good knowing we can afford the surgey and knowing the Dr is a orthopedic surgeon has really de- stressed me!

You might want to ask what your vet thinks about waiting.

I would not get two knees done at once. I think it would be a lot harder to walk at all and I think you would have the chance of him over using one and it not healing right or good.

Well I was talking to Dh he said he wants to do it sooner than that- we have a couple things to take care of - it will take @ 3 months then we are going to do the surgery- worse case is I take a couple days off and My Mom comes and stays for a bit to be here with him when I am at work. The orthopedic surgeon said if he starts not using his leg or seems in pain then we will need to do the surgery.. I will take it one day at a time, it is so on and off he hasnt been limping or skipping at all today- hopefully as it warms up it will help him.

Its so stressful- i would love to take it away and have me need the surgery!!

Ya I am going to talk to the Dr about it-

I wished it was not Callie and was me when she needed the surgery and stuff. Its great if your mom could come down in help out. Moms are great :)

Ya i will def see where we are at when it comes down to the surgery day- we will make it happen Dh has been such a support system- which I wasnt sure how he was going to react about it- i guess he does love him, being he is looking at tools to sell :0)