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His progression came on fast and hard. The vet was very surprised. He is doing great now, walking regularly most of the time. He still holds his foot up sometimes, and his muscle mass is considerably diminished. All of this should recover over time, I understand. Legs popping sounds more like luxating patellas. Zacchie's leg never popped at all. Deb, how's Bella doing? |
bella's recovery hi, everyone! bella had her surgery last wednesday. the vet kept her 'til thursday afternoon. they sent us home with clavimox, carprofen and valium (to keep her calm) and some exercises to do twice a day. she was pretty quiet thursday, but by friday i had to go back for a different sedative (she was running AND jumping!). they doubled the valium to 5mg twice a day (she weighs 7 1/2 pounds!), but she only got more active. on sunday we just stopped the valium and lo and behold...she slept. i swear, she's just nuts! anyway, the exercise involves moving the leg as if she's riding a bicycle (ice before and after). after 8 days she started to cry during the second session. now she actively fights me. sometimes a little massage helps, but tonight i thought she'd bite me. the stitches aren't due to come out until wednesday, but i'm concerned enough that i'm calling the vet tomorrow. she runs and plays and jumps, but i know the exercise is necessary and it's becoming a real problem. any advice? |
I didn't start Piper's exercises until after she had her stitches out. Maybe the exercises are pulling on the stitches and is causing Bella pain. |
Same here...My vet told me no exercise until after atleast 10 days (when the stitches came out)... To ease pain while her stitches were in, I put a heating pad under a blanket on her favorite bed hoping she'd lay on her hip. Once the stitches were out...Mya fought the exercise also...to make it easier on both of us I did some hydrotherapy on her. As I didn't have access to a pool, I filled the tub all the way up, lifted her (standing in the tub over her) just so her feet couldn't touch the floor and it was instinct for her to swim. Which makes her use the muscles and move the hip, even if just a little bit. It also helped the normal exercises too...just make sure to be gentle and I would put my hand on her hip while I was doing it...for some reason I thought putting pressure on her hip would make it less painful. I also never forced the stretching further than she'd let me go....but just did a bunch of reps. |
i think you are right about the stitches, as she is more sensitive in certain positions. thanks to all of you, we started getting her used to the tub before surgery so she'd be happy swimming afterward. she loved it and barks to get into the tub. she'll be one happy puppy when those stitches come out and she can go swimming! |
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