The past couple of weeks, our little frenchie girl, Stoli was limping on her rear, right leg so we took her to the vet to see what was going on. Of course it was no little and easy task to fix and required a pretty invasive surgery to get her back to health. I was so upset. I felt so bad that she is only a year old and she had to have this major hip surgery for a displaced hip. The vet (we have a wonderful vet at North Penn) took x-rays and showed us how her femur ball was completely out of the socket and she would need FHO surgery - femoral head ostectomy. They go in and remove the ball and neck of her femur bone! Ouch.
Stoli just home from the hospital. She hates that cone.
The cone had to be put back on to calm her down. She was so excited to be home and to see Rose and Bubba that we were afraid she would pop a stitch or hurt herself more so we put the cone back on and she rested on the couch for a little bit.
Stoli had her surgery on Tuesday, the 3rd and we got to pick her up last night. It is so hard to see such a young dog limping and in pain but I must report that she did great last night at home and is doing well this morning. The hardest part, believe it or not, is keeping her still! She still tries to move around like she did before and she will be able to eventually but for now, she has to heal. I think that she will heal quickly and be running around with Rose in no time at all. She certainly hasn't let Rose get away with anything since she's been home. She'll still play with toys and walk around (and sometimes run) the house playing. She needs to keep the muscle tone up in that hip, so it is good that she is still using it and exercising it.
Here she is this morning laying at my feet in the computer room. This is one of her only "calm" moments this morning. She carries Jack's dirty socks around the house - see at bottom of picture.
Her wound - it looks awful and huge but she seems to be doing okay. She is on a cocktail of meds to help her feel better and heal fast.
We have 4 more laser tx's to go and then we can put this all behind us.
Stoli just home from the hospital. She hates that cone.
The cone had to be put back on to calm her down. She was so excited to be home and to see Rose and Bubba that we were afraid she would pop a stitch or hurt herself more so we put the cone back on and she rested on the couch for a little bit.
Here she is this morning laying at my feet in the computer room. This is one of her only "calm" moments this morning. She carries Jack's dirty socks around the house - see at bottom of picture.
Her wound - it looks awful and huge but she seems to be doing okay. She is on a cocktail of meds to help her feel better and heal fast.
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