Question for dog-owners - cruciate ligament sugery?

[LBTC]

hugs and dog friendly butterflies for you and Simon,
~T~

[snapdragen]

Awww, poor Simon! Give him an ear scratch from Chloe and me, hope he's up and about soon.

[bikerz]

Thanks everyone for your good wishes (and Simon says "Thanks" too).

He's doing much better, but the trick is to really keep him calm so he doesn't jump up suddenly and hurt himself - last night's earthquake caught us both by surprise, but I don't think he injured himself when he reacted.

The tumor on his front leg, unfortunately, was malignant, but not metastatic ( I need to do my research on this) - a nerve sheath tumor which will (may?) repeatedly grow back and will need to be removed each time.

Here's a photo of the poor pup earlier in the week, sporting a very stylish shave, and a little bleary-eyed from the sedatives. (He doesn't look quite so woe-begone all the time these days! And yes, he hates that plastic cone!)

[Veronica]

Thanks for the update. Let's hope for no growth!

V.

[chickwhorips]

hopefully that growth doesn't come back.

awe.... look at that face!
peanut was terrified of that cone. she got it caught on the carpet once and just laid on the floor and shook. wouldn't even move. so i put a t-shirt on her so she couldn't lick her stitches, and took off the cone. she still had that same look but at least she would move.