Luxating patella. Surgery?

[Buster Brown]

Originally Posted by Mom to Hot Rod

Best of luck with her sugery. Please let us know how she is doing. The after care will be a long road to recovery. Please make sure to following your surgeons advice.

The day of surgery will be hard until you get the phone call that she is awake. Been there done that, it seemed like the longest day ever. Good luck.

You might want to bring in old towels or tshirts with your scent on it to comfort her at the hospital. I did this with Buster. Just to let you know you will probably not get the clothing/towels back as they can not keep track of it but it will be a nice bedding donation to the other pups down the line at the hospital. I also ordered a Kiss e cone collar from Hot Rod's Mom. Having the soft collar really helped Buster be comfortable while not be able to chew at his stitches. Best of luck!

[tgreen88]

Good luck with the surgery! My little girl just had hers done on both knees this past Saturday =\ been an up and down recovery and I hope it's worth it. Best of luck to kimchee!

[komutanon]

Kimchee appreciates all the support! She just had her surgery this morning. Doc says she did very well. Going to pick her up tomorrow at 10am. Any tips on post surgery care?

[tgreen88]

Definitely lots of rest! I didnt leave my house for 10 days haha till she got her stiches out. She refused to use her potty pad and I had to carry her outside to the backyard to let her go. She basically slept the whole entire time because the antibiotics and pain meds made her sleepy. Now its been almost 4 weeks and it was like nothing ever happened. Her surgery went well but she is still cant play or go for walks just because I dont want her to mess up her little legs!

Hope kimchee is doing well!

[komutanon]

Thanks! It's been tough. 1st 2 days she was whimpering, shivering and panting a lot. Pain meds helped. Then today she starts walking around like nothing happened! It's gonna be tough keeping her inactive. We have her confined to the bedroom for now.

[DivaDog1]

Originally Posted by komutanon

Thanks! It's been tough. 1st 2 days she was whimpering, shivering and panting a lot. Pain meds helped. Then today she starts walking around like nothing happened! It's gonna be tough keeping her inactive. We have her confined to the bedroom for now.

Glad to hear she's walking around. Amazing how quickly they bounce back. She still needs to take it slow though, good luck with that. My prayers are with both of you.

[hnybun128]

How's Kimchee doing? I hope she has a speedy recovery!

[komutanon]

Originally Posted by hnybun128

How's Kimchee doing? I hope she has a speedy recovery!

Thanks. She was doing well up until yesterday. We left her in her play pen and went out to eat. We came back and noticed she was limping. Before that she was walking fine on that leg. Not sure what she did while we were gone. I'm guessing she was standing on her hind legs and trying to climb her way out of the play pen. Today she's still struggling with that leg. Going to call the vet to schedule a follow up appointment.