We weighed Brina and were amazed that there was no weight loss or gain, we have to watch her diet to make sure during her inactivity that she doesn't gain too much and damage her other knee's. One staple was turned around and took a bit longer to remove. Her dr was impressed with her walking but she had a slight fever which he's treating with a 10 day round of antibiotics , Zeniquin, once a day with food, they really seem to make her stomach upset and would bring up bile each morning. We can now start rotating her leg for 5 rotations each time, increasing it as we go along, we use a warm pack before the exercise to warm up her muscles and a cool pack afterwards to ward off pain and cool the muscles down to avoid spasms. We can also now do a 5-8 minutes walk on a flat surface, so we use our driveway and do two laps, when we come in we give her leg a good massage, she seems to appreciate it. Her appetite is now back to normal and we're still giving her the yogurt. And best of all, she's now allowed up on her beloved couch again...which means I've lost it *L*.
Sunday Jan 30th, she slid off her ramp and fell onto her leg, the yelp that came from her was sickening and she refused to walk on it for a wee bit and continues to have a slight limp, we go today, Feb 1 for a recheck of the fever and I'll have him check it out then, hopefully no damage was done, but we've stopped her walks outside until we get the go ahead again. I'll check back in with you all tomorrow and let you know how she's doing.
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