Badger's vet exam was today. We took him to the same doctor who did the first TPLO (on his rear right leg) surgery because he is now limping on his rear left leg. The last surgery was very hard on all of us. The leg had to be amputated and rotated 16 degrees, flattened, then reattached.
Badger had a terrible reaction to the narcotics. They made him anxious and he was terrified. The pain was really bad. We had to walk him on a sling for 3 months.
I wanted to do this surgery next Monday so that he doesn't have to suffer on that leg for any longer than need be, but David wouldn't hear of it. He said that he is worried Badger could die from heat stroke if he is weak from surgery. We have a few weeks of bad heat coming up in our area. Portland's worst (hottest) weather is now through the 2nd week of August. Right now they are predicting 100 plus degrees. We don't have air conditioning.
The surgeon is the best on the west coast, and he agreed that it is better with such a large dog to wait until the weather cools, so I have to watch my baby suffer for a full month. The surgery is set for August 18th.
I am scared for my baby. Last time, they found a tumor in his throat and we had to wait a week to find out it wasn't cancer.
As many of you have probably already figured out, I am a bit overly dramatic, and I don't handle things like this very well. I'm already scared that he will die in surgery.
Poor Pookie.
