January 23, 2011

Our little patient

Our little Bailey had to have knee surgery on Friday. We knew she had injured some of her ligaments, but once the vet got in there to do the surgery, he found her ACL was completely torn and her PCL was partially torn. She's got a long recovery ahead of her, but good news is, she'll be back to herself again someday!
It's so hard to see her gimping around right now. You can see that she wants so bad to be running, playing and cuddling. Her big bandage pictured above was removed today and she now has a smaller compress wrap on the majority of her leg. She can not go up and down stairs for 6 weeks and has to be on a leash every time she goes out right now. We'll be starting ice, heat and range of motion activities within the next few weeks. We're going to make sure she follows the rehab protocol so she can have a full recovery. This rehab sure is an additional challenge to Jensen running around like a crazy man & the needs of a newborn! Wow!

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