Torn ACL *3/6/10 8wk Check Up*

[chocolatepuppy]

I'll bet it's good to have Eli home. Good luck with the confinement.

[kokopup]

I''m glad that Eli's surgery went well. I have a hard time believing that the Vet can make a diagnosis of Cardiomyopathy, just from irregular heart beat. That can be caused by many things other than Cardiomyopathy. Surely you would have seen other symptoms before surgery that would have red flagged a serious problem. I'm hoping your vet is wrong and Eli was just reaction to anesthesia.

[Seravieve]

Yea, I think so too. He just said it's a possibility and something we should definitely look into. Especially since its SO common in Boxers.

Here he is last night.. shaved butt and all! =)

[kokopup]

Eli looks like he is just cooling it after a hard night on the town. I hope his recovery time goes well. I kept Koko in a crate and she adapted to it very quickly. I know the crate was needed after a week , because she would have been hard to keep down and not moving around to much. I believe Koko
felt more secure especially during the time she had pain. When we let her out to potty she always just went back in an laid down. We didn't even have to close the door.

They shaved Koko's hindquarter for both surgeries. Her's looked very strange because her hair is so long. I could not understand why they shave so far up when the knees were all that they operated on.

[Seravieve]

Yea, we were hoping they wouldn't shave him much.. especially since his hair is so short. So far he's doing really well just hanging out in that same spot. I'm sure it has to do with all the meds too. He has a fentanyl patch (comes off monday with the bandage) and also has some oral pain meds, as well as the usual derramax. He should be good. =) He's such a cuddler anyways, so this seems to be ok for him... for now anyways.

[lizbud]

Resting peacefully is good. I hope his recovery goes smoothly.

[chocolatepuppy]

Take it easy Eli!