Chevie has another boo-boo

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Chevie has another boo-boo

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So... on Monday, Mike took Chevie, in the pickup truck, up to the kennel for a nail trim and a bath. She was limping a little when he brought her home and by the time I got home a few hours later, she wasn't putting any weight on that back left leg at all. Had a sleepless night Monday night with her in the bed... she couldn't turn around and get comfy on her own so she was pretty frustrated. They say nothing happened while she was at the kennel... and normally things are just fine when she goes there. But... getting her in and out of the pickup truck twice may have caused this. Got her to the vet yesterday and he's pretty sure she has snapped the CCL (same as the ACL in humans... ligament in the knee) in her good leg. Visions of the surgery she had on the right leg a couple years ago.

For now she's on pain meds and muscle relaxer for a month.. and then we'll take her to the vet and he's pretty sure he'll be doing surgery again. Heck... at least she'll have two good knees after that... right?

She couldn't even hobble to her food bowl Monday night... so Mommy brought it over to where she was standing. And then brought her water bowl... and then lifted her up onto the bed. She's lost a few pounds since last year.... she's down to under 93.

Anyway.... hated seeing her limping like this. And.... now I'm SO looking forward to taking out a loan to pay for another $1600 surgery. Just can't get ahead.
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Awww.... poor baby! Good thing she has mommy to take care of her.
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Sorry to hear this Debi.
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Poor little girl. I’m so sorry!
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She's looking like she's feeling a bit better.... we're going to keep being hopeful... but I still think we'll wind up getting surgery done on her again... but I'll keep y'all posted
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hopefully just sprained
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Oh no, that is terrible. Hope for the best.
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Pooppup!
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Give it a little time to heal and then re-evaluate. It's good that Chevie's lost some weight - too much is really hard on a dog's joints, especially when they're jumping up and down any height. Sending healing thoughts and hoping for a sprain. :happy94:
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Hugs to you and Chevie! :happy94: Surgery on our furry children is no fun at all.
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Sorry to hear and hope that all is soon well. Time to get everything healed, hopefully without any surgery.
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So.... a week has gone by.... and at least she's putting the foot down for balance.. but she's not really walking on it. She's acting like she did when the other ACL went kaflooey. So I'm pretty sure she'll be having surgery in a few weeks. Thankfully, I can take out a loan from work and pay it off via my paycheck over the next 8 months or so. I'm not in as much of a panic as I was the first time around.

And then she'll have 2 good knees and I won't have to worry about her hurting herself after this.
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