Mommy has been super paranoid about my knee this summer. She always watches to see how I'm walking, if I'm putting all my weight on my paw, if I'm limping or favoring my leg. It's been over a year since I had my knee surgery and I've technically made a full recovery, but . . .
Mommy still worries! Don't all Mommies?
About mid July, I had a fun morning of playing in the water with my siblings and then playing hard with Ruger in the yard. Later that day when I hopped up from a nap, HOP was the operative word. I wasn't putting any weight on my leg at all. It was the same leg I'd had surgery on. Mommy went back to this photo above to double check. Dawgs who have knee surgery have a FIFTY percent chance of having the other knee operated on eventually, so she wanted to make sure.
She watched me for a few days and gave me buffered aspirin in case I was in any pain. She also restricted me to super short walks and began taking Ruger and Dixie on long walks together (instead of me and Dixie together). After a week of this, Mommy went on her trip to Santa Fe and so I had a second week of restrictions . . . Daddy doesn't walk us! Ha!
After Mommy's return, she still wasn't one hundred percent convinced that I was okay. She had mentioned me to Dr. Clary when she had Ruger at the vet for his check up. He said if I was improving any at all then it wasn't my knee. I was definitely improving.
Mommy started taking me by myself on longer walks and even let me swim one morning. Here I am showing off my supermodel figure. You're picturing Bo Derek shaking the water out of her braids here, aren't you??
I'm Daddy's girl (or so he likes to think), but I can be Mommy's girl too!
After a weekend of swimming in the pond and a trip to the dawg park (I was the last to get to go because of my knee), Mommy took me to see Dr. Clary. She told our family that she was going to take me to the vet just to double check or to have him tell her she was paranoid.
Dr. Clary couldn't even tell which leg he had operated on without the vet tech reminding him! I was walking normally and not showing any issues. The vet checked me out thoroughly and told Mommy to GO HOME! He didn't even charge her for the visit. (Apparently she IS paranoid!) Mommy felt encouraged and relieved. She still keeps an eye on my leg from time to time, but I've been running and playing with no issues.
Jenna
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