Hello and thank you for your kind words Katrina Tobie had a good night, with no whimpering/yelping. This morning she was hobbling around like it didn't...
Oh Leanne, I'm so sorry that this has happened! Hopefully Toblerone will have a speedy recovery. Jan ... From: Leanne To: tpo@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday,...
I'm so sorry to hear about the fracture. Does the vet have ANY idea how that may have happened? And is it the hip ball that fractured or the hip socket (where...
Leanne, So sorry to hear about your setback with Toberlone. I know it's discouraging and puzzling. Is there any chance he could have been active enough at your...
Hi again Tobie's ilium (ishial or sitting bone area) is what fractured. Dr. Gofton says it is unrelated to the prior surgery and will not affect the recovery...
I share your perplexion. (is there such a word?) How did he repair this fracture, go in and stabilize with more hardware? Good luck, and its a very good thing...
It has been 1 long year of illness for Brindle, I looked back at the posts with tears in my eyes when the outlook was not so good for her. She went to the...
Congratulations!!!! Katrina and gang brindlesmama <goingshoeshopping@...> wrote:It has been 1 long year of illness for Brindle, I looked back at the ...
Hi everyone, My 8 month female GSD had a TPO on her left hip on May 27th and is doing well by all appearances. She had her stiches out today so no more cone...
hey, our pup had both hips done before his first birthday so we have been through the mill. I would suggest you obviously keep her calm as long as possible...
Congratulations on making it this far! Every step is a milestone. There's not really anything that can be done to "tighten up" the hip. Its loose probably due...
Thanks for the advice Katrina. Hadn't thought about asking the vet about exercises to strengthen her hip muscles. I'm just hoping when we go back for our 6 ...
Here's keeping fingers crossed and prayers being said. Katrina greasebiz@... wrote:Thanks for the advice Katrina. Hadn't thought about asking the vet about...
Sorry, its 530 am and I am getting ready for work. I deleted your response, and "yahoo" in its infinate wisdom chose that moment to clean out my trash box. Go...
Anyways, strengthening the muscles may help some and for awhile. But the stronger muscles may not be the answer for ever. I share an office with an Orthopedic...
Vent away. I do it on a regular basis. Anyways, Barbara is hesitant to talk about loose hips concerning dogs, but she says in humans there are ways to...
In a message dated 6/8/2005 3:02:35 PM Central Standard Time, ... That was the "fuzzy" area to me because the ortho said it looked good on x-ray but was very...
Hello everyone. our flatcoated retriever Maggie had her second TPO surgery last Tuesday. All was well until a few days ago and she started to favor it more!...
Thats great to hear! My girl is 2 weeks post TPO and I asked the Dr. to e-mail me the x-rays. He sent post op's and in my opinion it didn't look like that much...
Hello to all of you, Maximus and I have been here reading all the posts. Maximus has his 12 week check up this Thursday. If you all remember, he loosened 2 of ...
GOOD LUCK! Katrina and gang bbjdy <jodykane@...> wrote:Hello to all of you, Maximus and I have been here reading all the posts. Maximus has his 12 week...
Hi all, Gracie is 7 months post op and after 5 months, finally was a free pup. She has now developed awful hotspots and skin issues. It was when I began...
Hector developed a couple of hot spots right over his incision line. I can't remember the exact time frame but he was at least 9 weeks to 10 weeks out, because...
Thanks Katrina, GRacie's incision is obviously long gone, so I just hope it isn't areaction to the plate. Probably just a grass allergy. She is a mess poor...
I will definately keep my fingers crossed for you and Gracie and say a few prayers, as well. Katrina paula_segale <paula.m.segale@...> wrote: Thanks...
Well Gracie went to the dermatologist yesterday and I found out she is allergic to almost all of the 56 allergens they injected her with....so that is causing...
Well, that is semi-great news. At least the hardware is ok and there is minimal risk to the surgical site. But what are you going to do with those allergies?...
They actually concoct a mixture of all the things she tested allergic to, and I give her shots every other day, starting with tiny bits of diluted solution,...
I'm glad to hear it wasn't the plate. Our white shepard, was dx with bilateral hip dysplasia. So far he's doing ok. The vet was shocked, because he doesn't ...