Well, lastnight she seemed a bit not quite herself, but today when Mom brought her down, she was fine and running all around...but then, I took them for their morning walk, and she did it again...sooo we took her to the vet right away...
He felt her leg and said right away that her patella was not in place, but with him moving it, it went right back into place...he put her down and watched her walk, and said it was slipping out too much....
He said to give her a couple of weeks, but there is a 50/50 chance she will need surgery to shorten the ligament and he said he would also grind out the bone a bit to make a better groove for the patella to sit in...he said as long as she is willing to walk on it he will leave her be, but to not wait too long, and if she begins to only put her foot down when standing to get her in right away...I asked about her daily walk, and he said to continue with that because she will still need the exercise and to not get her fat and lazy...
I asked how much that was going to cost, so we knew how much we needed to come up with in a couple of weeks...he said $95.00!!
Mom let out a sigh and said, "Ohhh...I thought you were going to say something like $600.00!" He laughed and said, "In the "big city" it would be that or more, but remember, we live in smalltown midwest and I know people do not have that much and I cannot charge that much." Sooo...Sophia will have knee surgery in a couple of weeks...
