Sadie had surgery to repair her ACL at the beginning of September. She has been quietly recovering over the last month with limited mobility and confined to our bedroom when we leave (thought locking her in a kennel would send her over the edge mentally as she is already sad knowing she isn't her 100% self).
She stayed in her bed either in the den or our bedroom the majority of the day and Harris carried her outside when she pottied the first two weeks.
After two weeks, her wound looked much better.
She wouldn't eat for a week or so after surgery but would when Clayton gave her her food.
Harris built a ramp off our front porch since she isn't supposed to tackle steps for awhile. It's crucial that she doesn't overdue it and injure her good legs due to the added weight. But someone else LOVES running up and down the ramp. She actually thinks it was built for her.
You can kind of see in this picture, her poor leg is so skinny and has lost so much muscle mass. Her hair is very, very slowly growing back. I miss my yard buddy so much!
Nurse Betty Clayton has taken the best care of her big sister although she gets carried away sometimes.
It took awhile but Sadie is pretty much back to herself mentally.....still a tripod. I threw away all her tennis balls around the yard but she found one and is really wanting to play.
I've been doing physical therapy with her knee but she only occasionally will use her leg. We are taking her swimming starting next week so she begins building back the muscles in her leg and slowly gets used to moving her knee again. We are trying to stay positive but really wanting our four-legged dog back to her ole self soon.
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