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29-01-2012, 03:58 PM
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Re: Cruciate operation diary
Post Operation day 6
Well today was not such a success…..ever time we wend out for a wee… finn was playing up. He kept pulling on the lead like mad. Some how there was no holding him back. Of cause he was putting weight on his leg, trying to pull forward. (Like he had to pull a sledge ) and in the end he was on his bed moaning and humming, so I suppose he over did it today. The way he act earlier lying on his bed, I would say he was in pain…. its nerve-racking because you cant tell him not to mess about!. I took some pictures today to keep you informed how it looks I will put them in on the end of this post.The knee still looks the same but it is not as hard to the touch ..like the first days…the knee is getting softer. the cut looks good all dry and closed. I am glad that the vet used self dissolving material to sew up the cut like they did the first time as well. I am just glad that finn is not mad about licking the cut, otherwise they would have to used the metal tacks or other kind of stitching. For me it is a plus…. the cut can heal and they don’t have to pull the stitching out and he has not to get there to get stitches out. next week we have to go for a check-up and I cross my fingers that the brace is getting here soon. please do not look at them if you are sensitive they might cause distress! 
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31-01-2012, 04:59 PM
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Re: Cruciate operation diary
Post poeration day 7
Yesterday was a nightmare Finn started early in the morning to mess about. First thing I let him out for a wee, he was trying to run in to the garden. Pulling and hopping on his bad leg. As it is so freezing here at the moment, I did not let him out for to long. Than back inside he jumped on to his bed and around….to see that ..my heart dropped in to my pants. I did tell him of…no…not really …. to be honest I yelled at him to stop! He managed again to scare the hell out of me!!!! Well he looked at me like he was going to say…. “ I have done nothing wrong.. have I ? Than a bit later he got up from his bed and run to the patio door and back. Of curse by the afternoon his knee was like balloon. He was just sitting on his bed, looking sorry for him self than. His bed as got higher edges, he likes to sit on there. it must be more comfy for him sitting on it like a cushion. Finn will not be able to do a proper “sit” down, because of the missing ligaments as soon as he bends his knee the leg is pushing away from the body. Last night he got the bill for being silly all day. He was not very comfy in the night, I could thee because he keep on getting up and than he laid down again. Plus he was complaining and humming again. He normally does not do that at night when he is okay. As it was not all yesterday he started all over again today. It is hard to make him stay on his bed , every day is getting harder and harder! I run out of ideas to keep him occupied . The Cast I send of last week ,is a success. It was made very well by my vet, I am happy that it came out good the first time around. What the orthopaedic did with the cast (the negative copy) of finns leg, now is to remould the positive of the leg. The positive was made last week, that needed some days to dry finely he is working on the brace now. Still cant tell how long it will be until it is done…hopefully it will be here soon.
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02-02-2012, 06:51 PM
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Re: Cruciate operation diary
Post operation 8/9 day
There is at the moment not allot of a change in the last two days. I took some pictures of his leg today again. You might can see a little different s if you compare it with the picture from the other day. The swelling is still bad and I believe it will be for quiet a wile. They cut in to the muscle of his leg as well and he has got stitches inside the muscle. The cut looks good, the stitches slowly starting to dissolve. If I touch the knee it is getting softer to the touch , underneath the skin I can feel the lump of the internal stitches. I can notice the different s from the first operation to now, Finn try’s to use his leg more now. Like I said he is trying…. but it will not work to put weight on his leg , it will not take the weight it just bends in some weird angle and slips away. I am anxious that he damages his knee more by trying this without the brace. To give him all the credits after all this time now being locked away, he is still a fairly happy dog. He enjoys the massages I give him and he loves to cuddle up to me. Tomorrow we have an appointment at the vet for a check up I am not looking to go there because I have to take both boys to the vet and I will be on my own. please do not look at the pictures if you are sensitive they might cause distress!
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03-02-2012, 04:19 PM
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Re: Cruciate operation diary
Post operation 10 Day
Our appointment at the vets was a success for us today. The vet was very surprised about Finns leg, she did not expect the lesion to be in a fine state like that already! I was a bit afraid about what I could feel now on the inside of finns knee. If I touch it, it feels like they stuck a sausage in his leg. Like there was something in there what doesn’t belong there. Before I get to worried about it I asked the vet …. She explained that it was quiet a harsh invasive operation, they had to cut a lot of muscle tissue to get to the piece of bone and the big screw. The sausage that I could feel in there, is where they stitched up the muscle. He needed a couple of layers to be stitched up in the muscle tissue, so that is the sausage I could feel now. She explained as well that the muscle tissue will take much longer to heal than the outside cut. The lump will stay a little longer. His leg is still swollen like a melon but now it is getting softer to the touch. We did have a good chat about the supplements I am going to give to Finn…the glucosamine, msm, green lip mussels extract, herbs and about some other things to keep his knee up and the arthritis down. An extra good sign….i give him massages all down his legs and he puts his leg on the floor more often now and the muscle in his back leg starting to come back very slowly!
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05-02-2012, 09:14 PM
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Re: Cruciate operation diary
Unicorn:
I am so glad your boy is on the mend even though i know you have some way to go hang in there. Olivia over 6 weeks post op had our last visist to ortho he said she is doing well although i feel she is not using the leg the same as other. However, specialist said x rays look good no probs. We are up to 30 min walks and she is loving it. another 5 weeks untill she can get off lead i cant wait  .
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06-02-2012, 05:32 PM
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Re: Cruciate operation diary
2 post operation. day 11/12
Finn is getting more and more upset .Every day he makes it more and more harder for meand himself to keep calm. He jumps up all the time now and if he gets away from me in the garden he will not listen. The bugger go’s after our poor cat as well now. I think it will be a bit of a problem for the future to make him obedient again! It hurts me… to see him thru the window sitting there crying out like wolf , because he is not allowed out to play in the garden like his brother. It has been 9 weeks and 3 days since he had the last proper run/ walk. Sure he is fed up with being restricted for so long! The swelling is going down bit for bit. It is still a big lump on the inside that’s due to several layers of internal stitches. the knee it is not as hard to the touch anymore, feels like raw turkey leg as the is no fur growing back jet. My vet mention that it will take along time to go and that the two knees always be different now. Just as well his brace will be here any day now. It will be adjustable with Velcro straps and padding on the inside of the brace. please do not look at them if you are sensitive they might cause distress! Last edited by unicorn; 06-02-2012 at 05:36 PM..
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08-02-2012, 06:43 PM
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Re: Cruciate operation diary
2 post operation. day 13/14
The swelling of the knee goes down very slow!. I noticed the muscle in the back of his thigh is getting a bit stronger now, since the operation he used the leg more. Before they took all the bits out of his knee, he hardly put his paw on the ground. Maybe the Brace will be here tomorrow. I don’t like to think about how / if Finn is going to cope with it? On the other hand I don’t think he really has got the choice, if he wants to go for walks again …he needs to get the brace on him first. Since the catastrophe happened till today not many people have seen Finn with his bad leg, a small number of People at the vet and one of my neighbor. As it gets closer now for him getting the brace and the chance that we might be able to do some tiny walks soon… a kind of fear comes up in side of me. Cant really make out what the cause for the fear is? maybe …oh I don’t know? I did take some pictures earlier to show you how it looks today. It is hard to see any differed on the photo compared to theother day ,but it used to be round and now it is a pyramid...when touched it I can feel the different s a lot. It is soo much softer now, the skin in not as tight and shiny anymore. The cuts / scars are still a bit reddish but they look fine.Once the fur has grown back I don’t think you will see the scars. please do not look at them if you are sensitive they might cause distress!
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09-02-2012, 05:12 PM
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Re: Cruciate operation diary
I took this picture of a knee ( human) from the web and I did some changes to it… to show you how Finn knee looks like now if you compare the two you can see there is not much left inside the knee hopefully people can see now was is left of his knee and why a am so worried that he is doing more damage to his knee when he is jumping about.iwe are still waiting for the brace…maybe tomorrow.
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18-02-2012, 11:55 AM
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Re: Cruciate operation diary
The swelling on Finns knee has gone down very well. The scars inside the knee are still swollen and will be there for a long time. The little screw what is left in the knee can be taken out without an big operation ,the screw moved so much forward it is just under the skin in front of the knee now. So a local anaesthetic will do the trick and a tiny cut will get the screw out!We are so pleased about that !!!
Yesterday the brace finely arrived. I took Finn strayed to the vets to get it adjusted. He did not play right at the vets he was not cooperating at all. As soon we tried to fit the brace to his knee he started to sit down and one of the girls there had to help me with holding him up.Not easy I can tell you he is still a big lump! There are some things what have to be changed on the brace, so it will have to get send back to the brace man.. One of the things is the top on the inside of the brace is to close to the groin ( or what you call it) if he would try to walk it will rub on the inside and might cause some friction burn, so the to will have to be cut down. Than there are two pads on the inside to support the Achilles' tendon they need to be a bit further apart then what they are at the moment. They need to be moved so they sit in the groove under the Achilles.This mornig I tried it on again and finn was very good he di not mess about and I was able to get all the marks done. It is already back in the post to the brace man, hopefully it wont take to long to get it back for another try. Took some pictures so you can see How that Brace looks…, red is not my favorite color but for Finn I will love to put some color in our life. 
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