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Thursday, October 20, 2011
Two Days Post-Op
2 days of crate rest down, only 54 more to go! (I'm counting Tuesday as a day of crate rest since that was her surgery day). Riley had a good night last night. She had to keep repositioning herself to get more comfortable, but I can't really blame her! I put a cold compress on her incision last night and she didn't really seem to mind that too much. I am also supposed to massage her leg, so have been doing that as well. I also got to stick myself halfway into her crate and snuggle with her for about 10 minutes and get kisses from her! Thank goodness they didn't mess with her sweetness level while she was under the knife!
Scar pictures to follow, so if you don't like seeing staples in skin, skip on down to the bottom!
Scar pictures to follow, so if you don't like seeing staples in skin, skip on down to the bottom!
Still a happy girl even in crate confinement!
Starting after she gets her staples removed (November 1st), I'm supposed to do range of motion "physical therapy" at home with her as much as she'll tolerate. I don't see that being a problem for her, maybe for me because I won't want to hurt her! I'll probably end up being too gentle, but I'll have them show me what I'm supposed to do at the vet when she gets the staples removed.
Her knee is a little swollen, but the main thing that I can tell is swollen is actually her ankle. No worries, that's normal! Anyway, I am sleeping on an air mattress downstairs in the family room by her crate at night in case she needs to go out in the night (plus she'd get lonely otherwise...and so would I!). She had to go out once in the night to do her business and needed to go tank up on water another time (she gets a lot of access to water, I think she just got hot in the night...plus, we have a bowl that clips onto the crate door but I'm still looking around for it at the moment...sigh.).
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Riley is a four year old female Australian Cattle Dog born March 18, 2009. She is a certified therapy dog with Therapy Dogs International. She lives in Virginia and has mild hip dysplasia and had a torn Cranial Cruciate Ligament in her knee that she had TPLO surgery on in October of 2011. In October of 2012, she tore the Cranial Cruciate Ligament in the other knee and had another TPLO surgery.
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10 comments:
Im glad to hear things are good. I know this can be a little tough to go through but she is doing great!! Im glad toat her spirit and yours is up :) dang girl you are a trooper to sleep downstairs with her. Hugs to you and Miss Riles xoxo
Glad to hear she is doing well! She looks pretty happy. Please keep us updated on her progress. Then if Lola has to have a surgery at any point, I can get some ideas on the recovery.
Glad to hear the healing is going well :)
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Kari
http://dogisgodinreverse.com
Just one day at a time and pretty soon all of them will pass by and this will all be a bad memory.
Feel better, Riley!
Yes, as Amber said, one day at a time. So good to hear the good report so far.
Woos ~ Phantom, Thunder, Ciara, and Lightning
Good job, Elyse and Riley. Nice to see Riley smiling. We continue to cross our paws for a speedy recovery.
Wyatt and Stanzie
sounds like good news
Benny & Lily
YaY! I am so happy dat all is goin' well fur my sweet furiend Riley. I will keep sendin' boxer puppy prayers to you both!
Woofs and Licks,
Maggie Mae
Give her hugs from us!
Sam
Looking good Riley!
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