Flippy - I Rant, You Read
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
Knee Surgery…Again?
I’m so sad. Last night Cricket twisted her knee. We thought with some rest and a little Rimadyl, she might be as good as new in the morning. Alas, no. So, off to the vet we went...again. As if Chelsea’s feeding tube drama hadn’t taken enough out of us. Not to mention, Cricket’s bi-lateral knee surgery last January. Haven’t we all been through enough? Anyway, Cricket will be having another knee surgery in the next couple of weeks. I feel so badly for her. She’s the only one of our four dogs who absolutely loves to run. She’ll run after motorcycle sounds in the yard, she’ll run from window to window in the bedroom, barking at the beagles next door. She’ll run to see the cats at the doorway. She’ll run to the doorway and yap her head off when someone comes to the door. Let that be a lesson to you, if you come to our door, you may lose all ability to hear.
So, surgery will be soon. That means supposedly putting her in a crate where she can’t move too much. The thing is, if she was in a crate, she’d be so frantic that she’d move even more, ramming her legs against the crate. What we’ll do is keep her in the master bedroom, carry her up/down the stairs, so she can pee & poop and get some fresh air. This will be for weeks, if not months. Also, she’ll have lots of checkups at the vet - she hates going in the car, so she therefore hates going to the vet. She shakes and whines in the car. It’s a relief that the vet is only about five miles away.
Poor puppy is going to look like this again.
It should only be one knee this time. I hope they find something sturdy for strapping everything all together. We don’t want this to be a yearly occurrence. That picture is so sad, I think I need to post another, cheerier one.
