My sick dog Sophie
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I just feel so sick to my stomach, extremely anxious and depressed.
I had to take Sophie back to the vet today to see how her leg is; well it’s not healing right. Her kneecap keeps popping out and he said she is a stage 3 of the Luxating Patella. There are 5 stages; stage 3 is she may need surgery. She is continuing the anti-inflammatory for 3 weeks and has had a new medication added for the three weeks and then she goes back for another checkup and I believe at that time it will be the decision for surgery.
She cost $275 today and thank gawd my mom could put it on her Visa. My mom is very angry about all of this because she thinks we should be putting her down rather than put out all this money I don’t have. Sophie has now cost me over $500 in the last few weeks. Money I don’t have and I now owe to my mother. She is pissed too that she thinks I’ll never get her paid back, and I won’t be able to give her any this month because Sophie has to go back and who knows how much that will cost.
I just feel so sad and am crying. Why did I end up with a puppy that got a lame leg and it’s not correcting itself. It’s not her fault and I never in a million years would have her put down for something like this.
I just feel so lost, sad, depressed, scared and lonely.
Luxating Patella Grade III: ``The kneecap dislocates on a regular basis, whenever the joint is flexed and extended. Dislocation is manually decreased when the joint is extended. This is considered to be severe enough to warrant surgery.``
http://lonelygurl67.blogspot.ca/
I just feel so sick to my stomach, extremely anxious and depressed.
I had to take Sophie back to the vet today to see how her leg is; well it’s not healing right. Her kneecap keeps popping out and he said she is a stage 3 of the Luxating Patella. There are 5 stages; stage 3 is she may need surgery. She is continuing the anti-inflammatory for 3 weeks and has had a new medication added for the three weeks and then she goes back for another checkup and I believe at that time it will be the decision for surgery.
She cost $275 today and thank gawd my mom could put it on her Visa. My mom is very angry about all of this because she thinks we should be putting her down rather than put out all this money I don’t have. Sophie has now cost me over $500 in the last few weeks. Money I don’t have and I now owe to my mother. She is pissed too that she thinks I’ll never get her paid back, and I won’t be able to give her any this month because Sophie has to go back and who knows how much that will cost.
I just feel so sad and am crying. Why did I end up with a puppy that got a lame leg and it’s not correcting itself. It’s not her fault and I never in a million years would have her put down for something like this.
I just feel so lost, sad, depressed, scared and lonely.
Luxating Patella Grade III: ``The kneecap dislocates on a regular basis, whenever the joint is flexed and extended. Dislocation is manually decreased when the joint is extended. This is considered to be severe enough to warrant surgery.``
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Thank you everyone for all your kind thoughts, good vibes and donations. It helps to know you all care and have a love for our fur friends!
I am so sorry your puppy is going through all this. I had the same problem with my puppy but is was the elbows. It cost a lot and put on a visa card. and the exams were expensive also put on visa card. I got through it and it took me a long time to repay my mom. I quit asking why years ago because it makes the situation worse. I just did what had to be done and thank God for the credit card. I hope your puppy isn\'t feeling to much discomfort. jan
I hope with all my heart Sophie has recovered enough that surgery won\'t be necessary after all. Our furbabies are our children just like the ones we gave birth to. I know how hard it is to watch her going through this:(:(
She\'s young though and that should work in her favor:):)
Hope each day she is getting better.