foxxycat
- Please forgive me for not responding sooner! My mom fell and broke her left shoulder (humeral head fx) and her right foot (navicular avulsion fx) and I have had to move in with her and take care of her 24/7. I’m so exhausted i can’t barely see straight. What’s up with these random ortho issues popping up all around me?
Zeus’s pain level seems to be pretty mild as long as that knee stays in place, but when it pops out and he sees me coming toward him to fix it, he cries and cowers so I know he has some degree of uncomfortableness. I’ve consulted with two other vets and they agree that surgery seems like the best option to prevent further damage to that knee down the road. His injury when he was a Kitten was a fracture at the right ankle growth plate, not at the knee. But my vet said that the way the bones healed may have made that leg more vulnerable to the LP because, in taking a closer look at his X-rays, the bones do look somewhat bowed out leading from ankle to knee.
The orthopedic surgeon - Dr. George Edwards from Magnolia Veterinary Surgery - is in town tomorrow and we had set a tentative surgery date before all this happened with my mom, but I made it clear I wanted to discuss all of this more in depth over the phone tonight and he never called.
Zeus’s kneecap pops out almost daily, sometimes multiple times a day, but usually he fixes it himself or I manually pop it... This intially began right at a month ago. I don’t know what to do. My vet is concerned about further damage if we don’t treat now.. that the grade could progress to a 4 and cause permanent damage or that early arthritis would set in with that knee grinding in and out daily. If I’m repeating things I apologize. I’m one step away from a nervous breakdown dealing with my mom!
Zeus’s pain level seems to be pretty mild as long as that knee stays in place, but when it pops out and he sees me coming toward him to fix it, he cries and cowers so I know he has some degree of uncomfortableness. I’ve consulted with two other vets and they agree that surgery seems like the best option to prevent further damage to that knee down the road. His injury when he was a Kitten was a fracture at the right ankle growth plate, not at the knee. But my vet said that the way the bones healed may have made that leg more vulnerable to the LP because, in taking a closer look at his X-rays, the bones do look somewhat bowed out leading from ankle to knee.
The orthopedic surgeon - Dr. George Edwards from Magnolia Veterinary Surgery - is in town tomorrow and we had set a tentative surgery date before all this happened with my mom, but I made it clear I wanted to discuss all of this more in depth over the phone tonight and he never called.
Zeus’s kneecap pops out almost daily, sometimes multiple times a day, but usually he fixes it himself or I manually pop it... This intially began right at a month ago. I don’t know what to do. My vet is concerned about further damage if we don’t treat now.. that the grade could progress to a 4 and cause permanent damage or that early arthritis would set in with that knee grinding in and out daily. If I’m repeating things I apologize. I’m one step away from a nervous breakdown dealing with my mom!