(an operation....on The Sprout)
So, going back a short time (a couple of months or so), Sprout started to limp a bit on one of his hind legs if he'd overdone it when out on walkies. It started off by just being a bit of a limp which would go away after a few hours rest. Then it prorgressed to a bit of a limp (again, only if he'd over done the rushing around with a ball in his gob on the fields) and it would last till the following day on occassion, so I'd give him some Metacam or Rimadyl and he was fine again for a while.
But today, he was actually holding his hind right leggie up off the floor (whilst rushing around at high speed with a toy in his mouth) so today was the day he went off to see the vet.
It transpires that most of Sprouts lameness is due to wear and tear and general normal stuff, with him being a more senior dog and all that but this acute problem has been caused by Sprout doing his cruciate ligament in
We discussed a couple of different surgical options (as to leave the leg without surgery would but the leg at risk of breaking ) and we opted against the TPLO (Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy) surgery and for the....other, lesser surgery that I can't actually remember the name of but I'll find out and add it at a later point.
So, on Friday of this week, Sprouty will go in for x-rays (and special x-rays will be done, just in case the TPLO surgery does actually turn out to be necessary, rather than the less radical op) and then the operation itself will take place some time next week - probably Wednesday but believe me, I shall let you know
I am not even going to start bleating about how this is The Sprout and how I'm not at all best pleased at the thought of him having anything at all wrong with any part of him and how I may not be very happy on the day he has to have aneasthetics and...all that...
Here's my heart dog He may be thirteen and a half but he still loves to run and run and run and to play and play and play
Your good thoughts for Sprout would be most welcome