Poor Sadie

Clayton and I have been gone from Tupelo for awhile traveling to Memphis, Baton Rouge, back to Memphis, Oxford, Memphis.  Harris says Sadie won't eat her breakfast and sits by the window at night waiting for us to come home.

I suggested to Harris that he play ball with her and maybe it would cheer her up.  Well, the second time he threw the ball, she went to get it and started limping.  We hoped it was just pulled and waited over the weekend to see if it got any better.  Nope, so off to the vet went on Monday afternoon.

Sadie hates the vet and was nervous.  The doctor examined her and instantly said that it looks like she ruptured her cranial cruciate ligament in her right knee (tore her ACL).  Previously she had hip surgery but I couldn't remember what leg it was and thought it was her right while Harris said it was her left.  So our vet agreed that it was best to make sure that she didn't hurt it as well.  

 She did an x-ray to confirm that it was her left hip but her hip thankfully isn't hurt.  She gave her a light sedative but any sedative knocks her out.  She said that she would need surgery but doesn't perform orthopedic surgeries herself and recommended vets to contact.

For now she has anti-inflammatory and pain medicine to give me a little bit of time to research.  Apparently, ACL injuries in dogs are quite common.

 After much research about the types of ACL repair procedures and calling countless vets in numerous cities, we went to a consultation with a vet in Tupelo who we scheduled to perform the surgery next Thursday.

It will be many weeks and months of recovery, but we are confident (with our fingers and toes crossed) that Sadie will return to her ball-loving self very soon.