Not the way I wanted to start spring!

Woody had surgery today for a partially torn ACL. He was brought to the vet on Monday for a dental cleaning and to check his leg better. He had hurt it running in the yard about a month ago. Ever since then he had been limping. While he was under anestisia they felt they would be able to see the movement and xray it if necessary. Dr Mac called us at noon and said it would be better if we wait until Tuesday so if he needs surgery Dr Burnett would be there to do it and we would only have to knock him out once. We agreed and he spent the night (no charge). Anyways today he had his teeth cleaned, one rotten tooth extracted and it was discovered that his ACL was partially torn. Dr Burnett performed a surgery that puts a device along side his ligament to prevent damage to the knee if fully torn. He said he was the perfect candidate and that his hips looked good. Of course we did not expect a full cast. It will be difficult for rainy days. Overall he does pretty good with it. We will post pictures tomorrow of him standing. Today he is TIRED and has a morphine patch to help with pain. I will stay with him tomorrow and monitor him. The satelitte dish is recommended but for now we are seeing how things go. Soft food for 4 days and we are to remove the patch on Sat morning. He will return next Wed for the staples or stitches to be removed. Wish us luck!