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Please Help...need advice on surgery for legg-perth disease Pixie has been limping since jan 28th. At first I took her to a vet near my new house as I just moved and they though she just had a muscle problem or possible luxating patella. She did not improve so I took her to my regular vet a week and a half later and x-rays showed that she may have legg-perth. We repeated the x-ray on monday march 8th and it is getting worse. The specialist that would be doing the surgery for her leg looked at the latest x-ray via email and felt that he didnt see enough deteriation from the last x-ray and suggested we wait longer and do another x-ray in a couple of weeks. My vet thinks that we should still go ahead and do surgery next week as Pixie's leg is still lame and atrophy has set in along time ago. I agree with my vet but I'm worried that I will be making the wrong decision. Pixie's right leg is half the size of her left and I'm worried that if we put it off longer it will end up taking her longer to recover from surgery since muscle will be almost all gone. If she is going to need surgery, sooner would be better. The way it looks is that she will need the surgery so why put it off. What should I do? |
I'm so sorry. But I'm glad that things can be fixed thru surgery. I really have very little knowledge about legges perthes but I think I agree with you. If she's limping I would think she's in pain and things aren't going to get better so what use is it to wait? I know there are others on here who have gone thru this and hopefully they will respond as well... |
Thanks....I really hope people who have been through this will respond too. |
here is some info on it Aseptic Femoral Head Necrosis a friend of mine had a leg perthes dog she was helping with for a rescue who had the surgery - if you want you can contact them on this site to talk to them about it and let them know debbie referred you and hopefully they can shed some light on this Legg Perthes she had starlette i believe Legg Perthes |
here is my friends site Yorkieinfo she just lost her yorkie recently though so not sure she is up to talking but she may so reach out to her on her site :) |
so very sorry that you little one is going thru this. I would have to say that if surgery is inevitable, then I would lean towards doing it sooner so the healing process can begin. :) My Hot Rod had surgery last year for lp. Best of luck to you and your little one. |
I am assuming they are planning on doing a FHO (femoral head ostomy). I had a pup that had this surgery. He had lived in pain for many years when he came to me and limped....his muscle had also atrophied as you describe. He had the surgery and it took a while, but he did regain full use of the leg and also developed the muscle. I also had another with a bit different surgery, but with extreme muscle atrophy...and the improvement took a few months, but it is amazing how they do recover. Their muscles, like ours, atrophy if not being used; but with exercise they do come back. Good luck and keep us posted on this! :) |
Pixie will be going for her surgery on Thursday, March 18th. That is 3 days before her 1st Birthday! Poor thing!! I'm so nervous on what is going to be instore for her! She will be getting the Femeral head removed. Hope she can have a normal life after... She has been through soo much! |
I am sure she will be just fine! They recover quickly! Keep us posted! :) |
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They are encouraged to walk following this surgery. At least mine was. He did just fine and actually had both hips done at the same time! |
Bo was diagnosed with Leggs Parthes when he was 8 months old. I was on here looking to see what I should do. I too was scared. Bo had the surgury 2 months after that. He came through with flying colors. They took out the ball of the ball and socket in his rear left leg. He healed up very quickly, It has been a year now, He runs around with his sister Baylei like nothing had ever happened. I would recommend this to anyone with my expierience. I would have to say he is 95% anyway. The cost at my vet was just under $900. |
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Thanks for all the advice and info ladies! I just dropped Picie off at the vets and I'm sooo nervous! I can't believe that Bo's surgery was only $900!! Today is going to cost me $2500-3000! Pixie is also getting puppy canine teeth pulled too though! I really hope everything goes smoothly today! |
I thought that price was cheap, too! We pay more here for that surgery. Anyway....I will keep your Pixie in my thoughts and prayers today. I am sure she will do just fine. Let us know when you hear something! :) |
I do want to wish you all the luck in the world on the surgury. I know Pixie will do just fine. Maybe you are having the Plastic ball put in as a replacement? I had nothing put in and the scar tissue and muscle grow in for the ball. I know it was $3000 for that surgury. That could be why, I had only put the price in because I had no idea when I was looking of the cost. Pixie will be running around as soon as you know it.:animal-pa |
Pixie's out of surgery.. It went well! The surgeon said that it was good that we ended up doing it now rather than latter as the cartalidge was not attached. There was no wayof seeing that on the x-rays. They didnt replace the bonewith anything. |
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Good job Pixie |
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Yay! So glad it is over! Just wait until you see how quickly they recover....it really is amazing! :) |
Well, I went in to talk to the vet this afternoon and he said that Pixie was doing very good. YAYY. The cost of the surgery was sooo much cheaper than expected too... it was $1400! Very happy about that. They even did another x-ray before surgery and didnt charge me for that. I've got an awesome vet. They would not have anyone at the clinic overnight so I will be going to get Pixie at 7:30 tonight and bringing her back into the office first thing in the morning. I didnt feel comfortable enough leaving her overnight by herself and only having someone come in and check on her twice during the night. I did this same thing after she got spaide and everything went smoothly. Hopefully it is the same way tonight. Dont think that ill get much sleep but knowing that im with her is all worth it. The dr said that she has the Morphine patch on and will not need to take meds anymore. Is this the same for you who had your furbabies go through this? I've also made a call in to the physiotherapy office too. I'm going to take her in at least 2-3 times per week. What did you all do in regards to therapy? |
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As for physical therapy, my pupster who had both hips done at one time did not need it and recovered well. I am a firm believer in PT if needed....and would speak with the vet about whether it is indeed necessary. Of course, it certainly cannot hurt! I had another pup that had a fairly messed up leg and had surgery. Here is a link to videos of him at therapy.... www.yorkiehavenrescue.com/teddy.html Physical therapy for pups is amazing! |
The vet told me that she would definetly need therapy as the atrophy is really bad. Most of her muscle is gone. I'm waiting to hear back from the therapy centre about making an apointment for an assessment on Pixie. I really hope that she will not have to go to the centre too much as I dont drive and it is in another part of the city. I'm hoping that she only needs to go in 2 times a week and that I can be trained on exercises to do with her at home. |
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Thanks again ladies for all your advice and support! I'll keep you all up to date on Pixie's recovery! |
Pixie did very good last night. I'm soo happy that I did take her home with me as I feel she wanted to be comforted by me. She did wake up a few times and moaned but when I cuddled with her she stopped. She even ate a little at around midnight. Taking her back to the vet for a check-up in about 2 hours. |
Glad things went well last night. :) |
Just got back from the vets and Pixie is doing great!! Everything looks good too! |
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The vet called to see how Pixie was doing and was very impressed at what I had told him that he said if she wanted to walk around I should let her. Wow..... I didn't expect her to be doing as well as she has been! She cannot jump or go on stairs yet though. I think I'm going to limit her walking though....I don't want her to over do it. |
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