Originally Posted by Erin (Post 1868400)

Hey! OK Sammy had LP surgery on Thursday. She was supposed to stay overnight but they got her surgery done early so she was able to come home the same day! The night was hard but we knew it would be. She was in pain and she couldn't figure out why these big things were on her legs. We all had to figure out how on earth she was supposed to pee !?! I tried a pee-pad and she just looked at me like I was crazy. Of course we got like an inch of snow so it was wet and cold outside, but we gave up and took her out there and she peed! She's gone out like every 4-5 hours no problem and she even pooped outside this afternoon!! I had to hold her up but she did it. It was a team effort. :D

They didn't want to send her home until she was up standing and walking on the bandages, and she wasn't, but we encouraged her and we have been practicing and she has really started to move quickly! I need to take a video.

Overall we are so lucky. So far she has not had a reaction to the pain meds - no diarrhea. They do wear off about 2 hours before she can have more though and they take a while to kick in. Oh and she did try to lick/chew one of the bandages but we are watching her very closely now. But she is alert and silly and barking at us when we don't pay attention to her.

-----------------------how can you tell me all about this:mad: :( :eek: :eek: is there a thread or any thing... im glad your baby is o.k. im so frightened

OK so AS I'm typing this she needs to go outside and she pees blood. So 6 hours later we are home from the ER vet and she has a UTI. We knew it couldn't go perfectly smooth... poor thing she is exhausted and so are we. I'm too wired now to sleep so she is snuggled up next to me and I'm posting pictures anyway.

Here she is the night we got home, then sitting pretty, chewing a bully stick, and trying to walk.

Originally Posted by sassytooyou (Post 1874722)

Has any one heard of this being done by orthascopic (sorry spelling) My little one needs the same thing. This little sweetie:p I cant begin to think about "keeping them calm no jumping for 8 weeks" :animal36 not my Tede-Bare I am so glad for the post ... it helps us all.. when we have to go through the same things .. If any one has heard of new ways to do this please e-mail. and I will keep checking on you and your baby to see that all is going well////kisses from us and any helful hint would be great:good job: :animal37 :getwell: :big_hug:

Originally Posted by Shelby&Seymour (Post 1874739)

There are quite a few of us that have been thru this surgery with our Yorkies... you can follow this thread and also search out other threads about LP surgery. Yorkiecrazy, Gracie2006, and myself have posted threads on this.

I have not heard of this being done orthoscopically, but I have read ALOT and done research and haven't seen anything on it...... I would be interested to hear about it if it is done.

Originally Posted by Erin (Post 1874596)

She is doing OK. A little whiny but that could just be because she is bored and frustrated. She is moving when she wants to.

They said she should be up and walking on the bandages. Just no running or jumping. I can't really stop her from walking on them if she wants to except for putting her in a crate 24/7 and my ears just can't take that. :D She does OK in her crate for short periods or when she is tired but if she is bored and doesn't want to be in there she is relentless with the screaming...

Originally Posted by Shelby&Seymour (Post 1874739)

There are quite a few of us that have been thru this surgery with our Yorkies... you can follow this thread and also search out other threads about LP surgery. Yorkiecrazy, Gracie2006, and myself have posted threads on this.

I have not heard of this being done orthoscopically, but I have read ALOT and done research and haven't seen anything on it...... I would be interested to hear about it if it is done.