Thanks everyone for your continued thoughts and prayers and keep them up we aren't out of the woods yet!
She was using it today with toe weight until we got to the vet's then when they called us in the room she got so excited that she took off and slid on lineolum and rolled over to her back. (see a pattern here? this is what she did originally a week ago her paw slid off the rug in the bathroom). They took her and weighed her and good news is she has lost another 2 pounds so she is down 14 pounds total. But by the time she came back she wasn't even putting it down at all. So I got her settled and quieted before Dr. M came in and wouldn't ya know - when he came in she went wild. She hopped over to him and his eyes widened and said "how long" I said 'one day' - oh good. So I explained the whole story to him and told him I had talked with a girl at work whose dog had ruptured his ACL and I told him I was convinced that is what she has done. He looked at me and said "your smart!" (I always surprise them with my research or things I know - working in a hospital has it's benefits!) SOOOOOO
he did the best exam he could on the floor but then the 85 pound girl had to get on the table!!! He lifted her up there. She wasn't thrilled with that at all! I don't think she's been up there since she was LITTLE! He felt a little bit of a slide in her right knee but not a lot. Compared to the left - it did slip a bit but wasn't able to be dislocated and didn't make the clicking sound of it sliding over the meniscus. So he isn't completely convinced that it IS a ruptured ACL.. So he injected her with some meds and gave me Rimadyl tablets instead of the chewables to start tomorrow. I need to keep her on leash for a few days and to see if she improves. If she worsens by Monday we need to go back and have her sedated for manipulation and xrays. She also has scabs on her tail and rump due to digging at herself b/c I found fleas last week. ( Ohhhh yea I didn't mention that did I) So the injection he gave her will help with the inflammation of that and the leg. She has also been digging around her anal glands so he expressed those too!!! She had it from both ends!!!
She's pretty tired so she is resting right now.
Tomorrow (hafta work in a half hour) allllllllllllllllll her tennis balls have to be put away!!! ooiiii
I am so relieved they do the surgery there if needed and she won't have to go to OSU! He said they do several a week!
So he is taking a slower approach then I anticipated. B/c I had convinced myself its a tear that I expected to have to take her to Columbus on Monday!
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