Oreo is recovering from cruciate ligament surgery

[Catty1]

Prayers for no owies for Oreo!

Can she not stay on the patches for a while?

Get well soon, little one!

[Reachoutrescue]

Oh, Oreo, I hope you feel bette soon! Poor baby....what an unhappy birthday for you. You are still young and I am praying you recover well. Stay strong sweetie! We are thinking about you and your human family!

[K9karen]

My RB Cody had the same surgery..on both knees...a few months apart. He ruptured his left knee from favoring it because his right knee went first

He was always stoic and never complained. But he was pretty uncomfortable with his surgeries. After a few days, he was much better so I decreased the pain meds until he needed none at all.

We kept him in our downstairs family room, where we all congregated so he wasn't alone, since he always wanted to be with us. A back door was there (yay) with no steps. We baby gated the steps going upstairs but he pretty much understood and just laid on his blankets. I used a newspaper plastic bag to cover his leg so it wouldn't get wet, or his foot dirty.

I know..10 weeks seems like an eternity. I felt worse for Cody than myself, since he couldn't have his walkies or tennis ball fun outside. But he was a wonderful patient. Since he couldn't hang out in the kitchen (my bad), he lost around 25 pounds which was awesome. I also cut his portions since he was inactive. I also slept with him.

Oreo will be fine. Just be very careful afterwards. He'll want to run and play more than likely, so you have to be very careful. Cody never had any problems afterwards (with the knees)

Kisses and hugs to everyone!

[Kona & Oreo's mom]

Oreo had her bandage off on last Friday. It was actually a splint, which I didn't realize. She favored the "naked" leg for a few days, but she is starting to put weight on it now. She actually takes a few steps on it when she goes outside to the bathroom.

I can tell that she's starting to feel better now--Now the real hard part starts: keeping her quiet! Each evening, she wants to play. It is nearly impossible to keep her from dancing around. I'm so scared that she's going to "undo" the surgery or hurt the other knee. I'm taking it one day at a time.

She'll get her stiches out on Saturday, and I'll ask about a referral to swim therapy then. Thanks for keeping her in your thoughts.

[lizbud]

Just wondered how Oreo was doing now. I hope she's feeling better
day by day. My dog Buddy also had this surgery on both back legs.
I know how you feel in that "in-between" time when you watch them
like hawks so as to not cause a setback in healing. (((Hugs))) Oreo.

[ramanth]

Glad to hear she's feeling well after surgery. Hope it heals up quickly!

[Kona & Oreo's mom]

It has been 3 weeks since the surgery, and Oreo is now allowed to take 5-10 minute leashed walks. She is so happy to get out of the house and into her neighborhood again! She sniffs every inch of our walk!

On Saturday, she had her first physical therapy session. She walked on an underwater treadmill. It's pretty cool--they fill it up with warm water about halfway up her body, and then the treadmill moves so she's at a slow walk. It's supposed to reduce the weight and stress so that she can walk better. Next week, she'll do the treadmill for 15 min. and then swim in a pool for 15 min. This should really help her regain her muscle--her thigh is so skinny right now!

Thanks for your continued thoughts.