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Well dear friend, I guess it will be a few more years until we relocate to Fl, we just bought a condo a few blocks from our townhouse.
Well, we have to jump through all the hoops first but our offer was accepted.
I was sorry to hear you had been sick, you are not supposed to get sick in FL;) I have some stomach bug, hubby thinks it is nerves.
How was the cruise?
How is the family? And Bailey?
We are expecting some huge storm Tuesday, I will be regretting not moving to FL:D
Dang, I can't email tonight, not working.
Sorry to read about Little Miss, talk to you tomorrow
Hugs
Addy
Bailey tore her cranial cruciate ligament, or CCL – similar to the ACL in humans. This ligament connects the back of the femur (the bone above the knee) with the front of the tibia (the bone below the knee). The CCL is responsible for keeping the tibia in place beneath the femur and stabilizing the knee joint. It may take two to three weeks before she is able to bear weight on the injured leg, and, in all cases, exercise is usually restricted for at least eight weeks to allow for adequate healing. Our veterinarian will be able to advise us about icing her knee and performing gentle range of motion exercises to help with her rehabilitation. Although this healing period can be a difficult time for Bailey and us, strict adherence to the veterinarian's recommendations will provide the best outcome and will be the quickest way to get her back on all fours.
So! She had surgery on both knees for her knee cap problem before she was one year old. She had to have that surgery repeated on both knees 8 months later. January 23, she turned five years old. As Bob said yesterday-when we were younger, people got dogs and they seemed to go to the vet only for regular vaccinations. How did we get here??!! Surgery is scheduled one week from yesterday. It has been 3 weeks since she injured her leg….while at the groomer. She limps and sometimes walks on 3 legs. She does not indicate that she is in any pain and she has not reacted when the vets have moved her leg around to check it out. We have had to keep her inactive for the past 3 weeks-not even going for walks. She just goes outside to take care of business and then comes right back inside. Needless to say, she doesn’t understand this lack of activity and why we are not playing with her. There is a 50/50 chance, since she injured this one leg, that she will later injure the other leg similarly.
So-we are looking at one week until surgery and then 8 weeks minimum of confined recovery. After she recovers, both Bob and I will check into the nearest mental health facility for the foreseeable future!! ;)
She has an apt for grooming on Monday to get her through the 8-9 weeks. A DIFFERENT groomer!!! :D
-Susan
Poor girl, at least it is warm and not bitter cold.
Scared me to think playing around could cause the tear though as I watched Koko soaring through the air as he leaped from the middle of our bed to the chaise. :eek:
I think I need to find pink bubble wrap with puppies printed on it for Bailey.
Hi Susan,
How is Bailey doing? I hope you both are safe and well. Did she have the operation?
What's the latest news?
Hi Addy!
Bailey had her surgery on the 11th and is doing very well. She had her stitches taken out one week ago and the incision looks great. She occasionally moves along on 3 legs, but she is able to kind of limp on the sore leg. I misunderstood....I thought when the stitches came out we'd be able to start short walks. We cannot. We have to keep her restricted as we have been doing until the 8 week follow-up check up.
We were able to find this inflatable collar to use instead of the cone. It looks like one of those neck pillows like you might use in the car or on a plane. Her temporary collar is thread threw a couple of loops inside the collar. Then the whole thing slips around her neck and has Velcro for the closing at the front. She almost seems to like it. She never shies away, whereas the cone freaked her out. It seems to act similar to those thunder jackets. Keeps her from getting after either her stitches or the place where they inserted the IV. She and we are very frustrated with no play- no walks, no goofing around. I've begun giving her back scratches and that has become a favorite. I gave her a bath Tuesday night-first one since the surgery. She did very well.
I've been taking oil painting classes and making glass vases and platters. It has been lots of fun and I think it's something I'll do each year.
It sounds like you've found a new condo...do I have that right? You have been renting and now you'll go back to ownership? Is it near the one you are in?
I see Koko is adapting well wherever he goes. What a neat little guy. Has he adapted well to smaller surroundings?
Let's stay in touch!! :D
Love,
Sus
I'm so glad Bailey came through everything well and the inflatable collar sounds incredible, so glad she likes it. No activity for all those weeks must be hard, she will be a pistol when she is finally off restrictions.
How cool that you are taking oil painting classes, you have to show me. I would love that. I used to paint, still have my easel.
We sold our house in one day, freaked out and went out to rent anything that would allow Koko, most places here don't. We did not know what or where or anything. Well, long story short, I can't leave Mom and we don't want to keep paying these high rents so we have been looking for a condo. This one is in another town, further north.
Koko loves the townhouse we rent, I think more than our house, always something going on so he is not bored.
I hope he likes the new condo but it is stair less and he loves running up and down the stairs. The house did not have stairs either, who knew? He also is best friends with the neighbor cat.
It has been a long haul with hubby and ihis back but he is better so I hope that continues, he is still on a low dose of Gabapentin.
When do you return to BB?
Hi friends!
I just wanted to let you know that Bailey has been released from medical care for her torn crucial ligament. The doc is very pleased with how well she's doing. She still cant chase a ball, but we are starting walks, twice daily, for roughly 10 minutes each and it is going well, so far. :D
The faster she walks, the more likely she is to use only 3 legs, but the vet said that is the last thing to return to normal and that it will take awhile. I watched her as she4 walked this afternoon and her gait is different. The left leg doesn't line up with the other legs and is kind of leaning off to the left. I think she needs a wheel alignment (paw alignment?) As she gets stronger hopefully all that stuff will work itself out. :)
We head north in 3 weeks. I so wish we didn't have to go back yet. They have been having hard freezes and we have gotten used to upper 70's with low humidity. Well-spring finally arrived here and I expect it will makes its way up to DE as well.
Just sayin'...........
Love,
Sus
Go Bailey, you are free:)
I imagine it will take some time to build up those muscles and I hope Bailey's recovery goes smoothly now that she is able to be out and about. Hopefully in 3 weeks, all sleet, snow and ice will be banished from BB. We are to have snow or freezing rain tonight again and that would sure not be good for our little miss or for you. Our weather always seems to end up out east.
Thanks for the congrats. We now have our condo and the keys but we don't actually move for 3 weeks. We closed early so we could have some work done, strip wallpaper, paint and put in new carpet before we moved.
We have taken Koko to the new condo each day and he is settling in and not so nervous even though the place is empty. He sits in front of the patio door waiting for someone to walk down the sidewalk:rolleyes:
I think he will be fine.
Sus, is your condo in FL on the first floor, do you have people above you? We have people above us and sometimes I can hear them walking, it doesn't bother me during the day but I sure hope. I don't hear that when I am trying to sleep:eek:
But we do love our condo and I will post pictures once it is painted , we can do before and after:D
Have a wonderful Sunday!
I am hoping this is the last really cold weekend. Would be great if we can get a bit of spring at least.
(snow tomorrow here)
Hopefully Bailey has a good recovery now that she has been released.
Hope you are doing well too.