Our sweet Lilly girl is having some issues. Last fall she stopped jumping up on the bed and in the car - we took her to the vet and didn't find anything but we knew something had to be up. Then last month she really started limping so we went back to the vet. She initially thought that Lil might have a partial tear of her ACL. So she got some xrays and got referred to the doggie orthopedic surgeon (yes, there is apparently such a thing).
So here we are... Andy checking out the dog joints
So our sweet girl has got a messed up lower back and her ACL is fine. He said she's got some impressive arthritis on xray and maybe a bulging disc too. So she's been on steroids for a while to try and reduce the inflammation and we think that it has actually helped. The worst part of all of it though has been that she can only go on WALKS! If you know our dog at all, you can just imagine how painful this has been for all of us. She HATES not being able to chase her frisbee or ball and is driving us crazy and walks really just don't do it for her.
Thankfully we go back this Thursday and are hoping that she'll be able to go back to full activity. And we are hoping to avoid surgery but if this doesn't work or last for long, then that's where we'll head. She's only 6 and we want 6 more fun and active years with our four legged first born =)
2 comments:
awwwwwwwww those are such sweet pictures of her!!!! i'm praying for good news from the doctor on thursday so she won't be driving me crazy too!!!
love you ALL,
mom
Oh, Lil....so sorry! We're praying you'll be running all over really soon!
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