She was goofy, which fit our family perfectly.
Along with her many goofy traits, she had a silly bunny hop when she ran and she shook her butt when she walked.
Come to find out later, that wasn't her being goofy, she was born with her right hip out of the socket. (Being a previous veterinary assistant for close to 4 years, I felt pretty stupid)
We found a great orthopedic surgeon here who said that she would need a hip replacement. Lilo then got about a million xrays and we scheduled her surgery.
I dropped her off early Wednesday morning. I wasn't really worried until they took her from me and she gave me those puppy dog eyes. Darn those eyes! So I spent the rest of the morning at work waiting for the call from the vet.
Around 12:30 the vet called and I could tell immediately that something wasn't right.
Then he said "Well, I have some good news, and some bad news."
My first thought was, "He had to amputate her leg!"
Well it wasn't that. He said he tried his best to get the replacement in but Lilo had such a bad hip that it couldn't be done. He said he had to just cut off the femoral head and then he described what he did further and I honestly didn't understand.
The important thing is that she will now be pain free and have better mobility.
I picked her up from the vet friday and she seems well and putting a little weight on the leg. The vet said she would have to take it easy until the stitches are removed but after that she is good to run and play again.
For now, she is getting spoiled :o)
And Willow has to share the bed.
1 comment:
Thank you, thank you for posting the news about Lilo. I have been thinking about her each day and seeing the pictures made me feel a lot better.
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