Help for my dogs surgery

Rusty

Feel bad for you, and your pooch. My golden retriever Jake goes for surgery on the 25th to get his knee fixed. He blew it out 2 weeks ago chasing a laser pointer. Cost for surgery is $4,000.

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killrain

Was it the cruciate ligament?

Rusty

I think. The vet called it the CCL. It's the same as the ACL on us. To fix it. They go in, cut and rotate the lower leg bone so that it's level to the ground when he stands. Clean up the ligament. The lower leg bone will be plated and screwed to hold the cut bone in place. So that it heals in the proper position. All of this is in the knee joint. The vet said it will be about a 3 month healing process. The first 3 weeks. He will not be allowed to do any running, jumping or climbing steps. When we take him out to do his business. We have to have him on his lease. He goes in after we come back from ZDayZ.

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killrain

Glad hes getting fixed up. Thats also what we are doing at the moment, carrying him up and down the stairs, as well as limiting his movement. Hoping to get at least the MRI done this week.