maggiespet

Prayers for Willie. Hope he's home safe and sound real soon!

I carry a long walking stick to warn off dogs that come too close . I carry a long walking stick to warn off dogs that come too close - but would not hesitate to whack a jackwagon who hit my dog. Slide down the bench in that jail cell

Oh Holly and Dot - I'm so very sorry. You all had each other for such a short time - but for sure sweet Bree knew tremendous love in her life with you. GodSpeed pretty Bree.

I'm so very sorry. GodSpeed Ringo.

I'm so very sorry. GodSpeed Blast.

I am so very sorry. GodSpeed Pistol.

I am so very sorry. GodSpeed Molly.

I'm so very sorry. GodSpeed sweet Ivy.

I'm so very sorry. GodSpeed Piaget.

I'm so very sorry. GodSpeed Ronan.

I'm so very sorry. GodSpeed Traveler.

Hoping it climbs back under it's remission rock real soon. So glad to hear he feels well. Sweet Robin

Get Em is on our minds today. How's he doing?

I'm so very sorry. GodSpeed Jamey.

No experience with this Toni - but prayers and good thoughts coming for that special guy. Maggie sends a smooch for Get Em. Hug for you.

I'm so very sorry. What a very pretty girl. GodSpeed Carey.

Prayers and healthy thoughts coming for lovely Idol.

They had 3 emergencies in a row and needed to reschedule us. Next week is crazy for me so I'm trying to move around my work schedule - because after school schedule is way tighter! She continues to be limp-free and her usual sassy self. But leash walked, carried up and down deck stairs to the yard and not allowed to jump up on the furniture. And she is so pissed at me - I've hidden all my shoes. The vet who is going to look at these x-rays is still on vacation till 10/10. Thanks for asking Carol. Smooches to Magic.

I hope the Wizard is feeling better soon. Maggie is tolerating the Deramaxx quite well, but she doesn't have IBD. Hugs to you and Merlin.

She was seen by the orth guy at the practice. He came from a gi-normous referral/specialty hospital. But I really don't know why he would ever think/say that it's ruptured, as in completely torn, because she certainly has use of her leg. And so what do I do? Any other suggestions. The dr. who saw her is a surgeon, so of course he's assuming the only road to recovery is through surgery. Maybe - but I still want to see what another x-ray would look like after the inflammation is down. Even if it shows a definite tear, at least we'd know what we're working with.

I'm so very sorry. GodSpeed Jacey-Kasey.

Thanks so much for input and well wishes for Maggie. She continues to feel good but after another phone convo, her dr. said this is because we are relieving swelling (that causes pain) with the Deramaxx. She is still on leg rest - and really hating it to be sure. I will check into this in my area. Thanks for the link. Even though her vet and I came up with a new plan of action - being a longer leg rest period than the initial 2 weeks (he'd like us to go 4 weeks now) - we'll go longer. But I plan on having him shoot another set of films in a week or so. I'd like to be able to have some x-rays of the leg minus some of the inflammation. He is still pushing surgery but he's a surgeon. Until he can tell me positively that it's a tear (and he hasn't been positive up to this point because of all the inflammation), I'm not going to move forward with surgery. She's kinda hinky with anesthesia to begin with. Just wanted to point out that tearing the opposite cruciate ligament is not a complication of surgery. Rather than being an acute, traumatic athletic injury as in humans, most dogs that tear their CCL usually do so because their stifle conformation predisposes them to the injury. And since stifle conformation is mostly symmetrical, what applies to one knee also applies to the other. Dogs that tear one CCL are likely to tear the opposite one regardless of whether they have surgery or not, especially in the breeds where this is seen more commonly. This may not hold true for greyhounds where a CCL tear may really be from and acute trauma and not genetic predisposition. I was given the name of a dr. who has had a lot of experience with this kind of injury in greyhounds and has had lots of positive outcomes. Unfortunately, he is away for a month but I spoke to his assistant. She said that very, very often a greyhound will blow the other knee within a year to 1.5 years of surgical repair to the other knee. She also suggested getting an x-ray minus some of the inflammation and her dr. would be happy to take a peek at them for me. So in a nutshell - we're going to continue the Deramaxx (which she is tolerating well so far), keeping her as quiet and still as possible, another set of x-rays in a week or so, checking into alternative methods of healing, waiting for the awesome vet to get back from vacation who will double check for a tear and some praying. Maggie is 8 years old, in great shape (not just my opinion, also the vet's) ,loves to race around the backyard on critter patrol and then sunbathe till the gold in her brindle sparkles. She's sassy, demanding and a Momma's girl. I'll do whatever needs to be done for her to give her the best chance of a positive outcome. I have lots more research to do.

Maggie started limping 9 days ago. I really thought it was her back right foot. She would limp on and off, not lay on that side, really took her time going up the 5 steps from yard to deck. But when she started to tripod sometimes, I took her right in to the vet. We skipped the regular vet and went right to the ortho guy in the practice. After lots of manipulations, he guessed her knee but said possibly hip. So he took x-rays of her knee and hip. If he had seen anything ugly (like osteo) he was to get her lungs also. Maggie was very cooperative (as per her usual) and didn't need sedation. No osteo - in fact he said the bones looked really good. Bu he did dx a torn or ruptured cranial cruciate ligament. He showed me (using real bones - ewwww) exactly what he suspected and thinks she needs surgery. He would do a "tightrope" technique for the repair. He did suggest that we try Deramaxx, leash walking, no jumping up on furniture and no stairs for 2 weeks. He said that sometimes a tear can repair itself. So we are on day 4 of leg rest and she's so improved. No more tripod-ing, no limp whatsoever. She soooo wants to jump and run. Of course, I'll continue the complete leg rest. But i'd like to know if anyone has experience with this. Would it be too good to be true that her leg would repair itself? How will I really know? Is the Deramaxx really an amazing drug? Can she be on it for a long period of time? Thanks in advance for GT pearls of wisdom.

I'm so very sorry. GodSpeed Pretty Girl.

Prayers and healthy thoughts coming for sweet Merlin.