M & M's Mom Linda
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We postponed the surgery as we were blindsided during a lengthy physical exam. Marcus has partial cruciate tears in both knees. The advice is clean up his skin issues...which are constant do to his huge amount of allergies (2 months) do the first knee surgery with a 4-5 month recovery, do the 2nd knee surgery same amount of recovery time. We cancelled the Lar Par surgery to digest everything. There is a huge risk of AP doing any surgery on a dog after having tie-back surgery.
Thinking it over and talking to people and we trust and his breeder, we have decided that he will not die from the cruciate ruptures but he can from the Lar Par...I cannot go through a year (with the ACL) worrying that he will have a breathing episode. So we have set his LP surgery for next week. He does not limp, he doesn't appear to be in any pain and his chiropractor has not seen any problems. We will be very careful, not allow him to jump on the grooming table, add a ramp to our van etc. He doesn't play or run around as he cannot breathe so we will take care of that and deal with the knees with homeopathic care and pain management if needed. He is not a pup that will live until he is 10 or 12, though we pray he will. He has been sick with something since we brought him home. He is happy...he doesn't play with Max much or go for long walks but he loves his couch and car rides and trips for ice cream. He curls up close to Max at night and still climbs up in bed with us. I think he is content with his life as it is and we love him so.
Thinking it over and talking to people and we trust and his breeder, we have decided that he will not die from the cruciate ruptures but he can from the Lar Par...I cannot go through a year (with the ACL) worrying that he will have a breathing episode. So we have set his LP surgery for next week. He does not limp, he doesn't appear to be in any pain and his chiropractor has not seen any problems. We will be very careful, not allow him to jump on the grooming table, add a ramp to our van etc. He doesn't play or run around as he cannot breathe so we will take care of that and deal with the knees with homeopathic care and pain management if needed. He is not a pup that will live until he is 10 or 12, though we pray he will. He has been sick with something since we brought him home. He is happy...he doesn't play with Max much or go for long walks but he loves his couch and car rides and trips for ice cream. He curls up close to Max at night and still climbs up in bed with us. I think he is content with his life as it is and we love him so.
I wish I had some words of comfort, but I will send good vibes and hugs across the miles. (((hugs)))
