just dropped Connor off

by **iluvk9** » November 6th, 2010, 6:41 am

amazincc wrote:
mnp13 wrote: So I made a new one with my FoodSaver - it's leak proof and made for freezing. I'm going to make a cover for it as well.

Pfffft... some of us with a tibia plateau fracture/injury have to make due with a bag of frozen peas.

I just realized what Michelle meant by "making a cover for it". Christine, maybe when Connor is done with his, he can mail it to you.

by **hugapitbull** » November 6th, 2010, 9:56 am

amazincc wrote:Pfffft... some of us with a tibia plateau fracture/injury have to make due with a bag of frozen peas.

Now, Christine, it should not come as a surprise to YOU that dogs get better treatment than the humans! :neener:

by **call2arms** » November 6th, 2010, 12:25 pm

Good to know that Mr. Connor is doing better!

Chrsitine, I think you need nurse Michelle to come over to set you up properly!

by **mnp13** » November 6th, 2010, 12:39 pm

Here's his naked butt!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-88bGTwiDs

by **pitbullmamaliz** » November 6th, 2010, 12:46 pm

OMG! Poor kid - I didn't realize they had to shave SOOOO much! lol

by **mnp13** » November 6th, 2010, 1:03 pm

iluvk9 wrote: I just realized what Michelle meant by "making a cover for it". Christine, maybe when Connor is done with his, he can mail it to you.

I'll talk to him about it. :wink:

by **Ino** » November 6th, 2010, 4:47 pm

Ooh- that is one pale hiney he has there lol

!!

Glad he is healing well and is able to do short walks. Ino chews the butts out of the cuz toys too and trades them for different ones while on his back too. Must be a male thing :rolleyes2:

!!!lol Connor looks great- much better than I expected this soon after his procedure!! :dance:

I still hope Ino does not need it down the line, but am definately going to be running it by the vet every time we are in there to be sure it does not progress. The vet in NY told me someday he will likely need it and if so, we will do it. Seeing Connor's progress definately decreases my hesitation with it. I opted for holistic with Ino mostly because I could not imagine 6 months of age being the best time to open his knee up if it could be avoided, since he was not near done with growing. Luckily- he has not been lame in over a year (fingers crossed).

by **plebayo** » November 7th, 2010, 12:18 am

Did they say why they shaved him so wonky? Perhaps a slip of the clippers? lol

Looks like he's getting around pretty well! Here's hoping for continuing good recovery so he can someday get off the drugs and be a wild man again :p

by **SLS61185** » November 7th, 2010, 12:21 am

mnp13 wrote:Here's his naked butt!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-88bGTwiDs

Lol, I love how he has to walk with his cuz in his mouth

by **Malli** » November 7th, 2010, 2:45 am

plebayo wrote:Did they say why they shaved him so wonky? Perhaps a slip of the clippers?

Looks like he's getting around pretty well! Here's hoping for continuing good recovery so he can someday get off the drugs and be a wild man again :p

He probably had an epidural :wink:

by **plebayo** » November 7th, 2010, 11:57 am

Malli wrote:
He probably had an epidural

Ohhh god poinht! I still would have clipped more hair to make it even :p I didn't even think about that, we had an anesthesiologist show us how to do them but we still don't use them in our knee surgeries, not sure why our dr decided against them.

by **Patch O' Pits** » November 10th, 2010, 7:57 am

I hope he is feeling better! I just saw this... hang in there! HUGS for you both!

by **DemoDick** » November 10th, 2010, 7:50 pm

He's doing progressively better and better. Some days are better than others but the general trend is in the direction of improvement. I was really surprised to see him bear any weight at all on it as early as he did. I had a similar surgery to my shoulder this year and the pain was substantial. I can't imagine bearing weight on it.

Again, thanks for the advice and kind words everyone.

Demo Dick

by **maberi** » November 11th, 2010, 11:23 am

He looks great!!

I think they did follow up x-rays on Earl after about a month and the bone had already fused back together. I would imagine Connor's improvement will start to speed up over the next few weeks.

Earl had the same shave job as Connor as well. They put a phentanol (spelling?) patch on the upper backside so he couldn't get to it. Honestly it took him longer to grow that hair back then it did for him to heal

by **Malli** » November 11th, 2010, 1:23 pm

my parent's dog's hair took about 1 yr to grow back completely.

by **amazincc** » November 15th, 2010, 7:29 am

Good luck w/the PT session today... kick butt, Connor!!!

by **mnp13** » November 15th, 2010, 3:15 pm

amazincc wrote:Good luck w/the PT session today... kick butt, Connor!!!

THANKS!

We leave in an hour and a half, I'll post when we get back!

by **DemoDick** » November 15th, 2010, 6:57 pm

We're driving home from his first appointment. He did really well, Dr. Lewis is very pleased with where he is at. He seduced the staff and they all fell in love with him. He got in the tank and had a great time on the treadmill. We booked a bunch of appointments and so far I'm really happy with the service. Thanks everyone.

Demo Dick

by **Pit♥bull** » November 15th, 2010, 7:27 pm

Way to go Connor :thumbsup:

by **CinderDee** » November 15th, 2010, 7:50 pm

Good news! WTG Connor!

just dropped Connor off

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