hopefully Katie updates won't get tedious (. . . "Junior blew his nose for the first time today . . .") but it does give us something to blog about.
Katie went on Deramaxx yesterday and perhaps not coincidentally put weight on her leg for the first time since the surgery. So that's good. We've switched over from ice to heat around the incision, but the range of motion exercises continue to puzzle me as it seems she wants nothing to do with me moving her leg around. I'm probably being too wimpy about it. It's a pity that the three smart guys who have been through doggie ACL surgeries before (STEDMAN, KLEINMAN, AND COGGINS--there, I've said it) just happen also to be the "Three Lame Guys Who Refuse to Read the Blog." I could probably stand to get some advice from them.
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4 comments:
Hey JT...
Couldn't get my dumbarse login to work (one more password to forget), so I couldn't provide a comment. I am truly dum. Feel free to clip 'n blog if it can contribute to the group good.
In reading your post, it sounds like Katie is right on schedule--well ahead of McPhee at the same post-surgery time. It was over 2 weeks (with Deramax) before he would put any sort of weight on his leg. Of course he was dealing with 70 lbs of lab-hardened muscle, rather than Katie's wispy 30lb soaking-wet physique. My advice, for what it is worth: lay off the range of motion stuff--I think you run the risk of doing more harm than good--and (as in hunting) let the dogge do the driving--don't give her advice she doesn't need. The exception to this is if she wants to move a lot--don't let her run/jump around too early. No kids. No labbadabba. Keep her bored. Really bored. Let her watch golf on TV, or perhaps read her passages out of your dissertation???
Anyhoo. Off to fight with the associate Dean. Who-ha.
Rich
Jim:
I think that Rich is right about the time frame. My vet also recommended the range of motion exercises, but I wasn't terribly good about performing them and Abbey really didn't like them. I don't know if they are risky. My experience was one of waiting, then, after the required waiting period seeing a dramatic improvement. I took that as a sign of recovery, which was premature. She went lame several days after I let her enjoy her new legs. That turned into a second waiting period which did the trick. It's a long haul.
Celebrex, celebrex, celebrate your life....
PK
Jim,
Sorry to hear about Katie's woes. I've been through two ACL repairs with Betsy, and I have two main pieces of advice. For what they're worth. First is it will take a while for Katie to be her old self, but dogs and their joints are pretty tough. Don't sweat the fine points of the recovery instructions too much. Second is, for the surgery on the other knee, find the cheapest vet you can who's done at least two of these operations in the past year or so, and go to that person.
On Betsy's first, I was obsessed about keeping her quiet and staying on the activity schedule the vet recommended. Recovery went fine. On the second, the "cast" wasn't as strong so she could use the leg more even right away, and Betsy managed to get loose a few times, run up some stairs before she was supposed to, etc. This recovery also went fine. It took longer, but then she'd had some meniscus damage on this one.
Regarding cost of the surgery, Betsy's first was while we were in Ann Arbor and I went with the local, big-name specialist. This guy did 3 or 4 ACL surgeries every day, roaming from clinic to clinic. Total cost: $2100. The second happened in Minnesota--well, okay, in the first five minutes of the 2002 pheasant opener in Iowa--and I found a young guy in Menomonie, WI who agreed to do the job for $800. With all the extras, it came to $950. No difference in outcome.
Question: Is it flat-out wrong (ethical? moral?) to inflict pain on your dog in the name of veterinary physical therapy? Discuss.
Could you post this to the blog for me? I need some tips on how to do that myself, what my login id is. Help!
Jay
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