Comments on: CCL Injury in Both Back Legs

By: FRANK

FRANK — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 01:16:17 +0000

Hi Betsy.I have a 3 year old wire haired pointer that has had both legs repaired TPLO,the left went first( at 1 year old ) with meniscal damage the right went 1 week after recovery .$6,000, now at 3 the meniscal has gone in the left.You will be chasing hope with an bunch of money,I am, because I love my dog, and it’s money i need, .the trouble is with this type of injury you fix one problem then wait for the next.Good luck Betsy my heart feels for you.Frank from australia

By: Betsy

Betsy — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:32:08 +0000

Steve, I am so terribly sorry for your loss! My 9 year old Aussie blew out her right rear CCL a week and a half ago. She was sched. for surg. tomorrow morning. Last night she was following me, (we’ve been apart about 2 weeks in her entire life), and slipped on the stair and just fell to the floor screaming in pain. Our vet, who is about 1 minute away, doesn’t do any more emergency stuff, you have to go to a special clinic about 30 mins. away, (all the vets in our area are part of that now), so we did that and left her overnight so they could manage her pain. I picked her up at 7:30 this am and took her into my Vet. He just called and told me that she has destroyed her left rear CCL as well and it’s actually worse than her right one is. He is calling his professor who was part of developing a special treatment that involves moving bone and installing a metal plate. My Vet knows that Kilee has arthritis, (Rimydal for over a year), and we live in a split level house, so stairs to get in, and out…lot’s of stairs. She weighs 65 lbs. I tore my right rotator cuff and left knee out so carrying her is impossible for me. I wondered if anyone else here has had a situation similar to mine? I’m waiting for my Vet to call me with his professors prognosis. This is the hardest thing ever and all I’m doing is crying. ugh.
Thanks folks.

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 03:54:46 +0000

I have a Golden Retriever , who at 6yo had a tumor on her rearend that was cancer. We had the recommended surgery and even did chemo x 8 rounds. A lot, 5K , of money later, we also found out that she tore her right acl. It was a no brainer at the time to not fix it b/c we were dealing with recovery from the cancer. 2 years later, she is still here, 8 1/2 and in remission we’ll call it, and now tore the other acl while playing in the snow a couple months ago. I am so torn whether to do the surgery or not to fix the fresh new acl tear. Not sure how long she’ll live overall with or without the surgery. My vet recommends the surgery of course but is also understanding if I don’t want to do it due to her circumstances. She’s gained 4 lbs in 4 weeks just by laying around and no exercise b/c she’s just limiting her activity I’m guessing b/c of the pain. I know that she needs to lose weight, as she is now 80 wopping lbs. Any advice ???? I’m leaning toward no surgery.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 07:27:05 +0000

My dog has 2 ruptured ACL’s. Requiring 2 TPLO surgeries. at the cost of $6,000.00. She is lame on her left side. The left blew last week causing her to be lame on the left. After xrays, vet said her rt. knee must have ruptured awhile back because there are signs of arthritis in that one. She is not even 2 yrs. old and I only take her on long walks. She was playing inthe backyard when this happend. I cannot affor this surgery. I am a single woaman on permanent disability and living on a fixed income. She is my baby and a sweetheart. I would do anything for her , but I just cant afford so much $ all at once. Does anyone know of where or who I might contact for financial help??? Also if anyone knows of who to contact for knee braces, and meds, like rimadyl, antibiotics, and pain meds for her. If anyone or anyplace can donate such things I might be able to get the surgery sooner rather than later. She is beginning to get very depressed. I dont like to keep her on all these meds, but she is in extreme pain, and her energy level is usuallly HIGH. I dont want her to damge herself more. Please contact me @ nikkit68@ymail.com ASAP. She needs surgery NOW.. Thank You Nikki & Gabby

By: Betty

Betty — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:14:41 +0000

We do American Pit Bull rescue. One of the dogs we rescued, who came to us with a broken front leg, which we had repaired (but she still limped on it) came up lame in her two back legs. A vet visit confirmed that she had ruptured both cruciates. We currently have 13 dogs; two of whom have gone through single cruciate rupture repairs. I can’t imagine how they could repair both legs at the same time. Reading this article opened my eyes to the option of not having to put her through surgery…I’m going to do more research on this. Thank you for the article.

By: Roy

Roy — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:07:56 +0000

My dog has just had a TPLO op and we were told he probably has a tear in his right rear leg now. He is only one week post op now and we know a long way to go yet but we don’t fancy repeating this plus the cost £3,300 so far.
Is there another way with avoiding surgery, he is an (nearly)8yr old Golden Retriever.
Roy

By: Lynne

Lynne — Fri, 08 May 2009 17:41:44 +0000

Jennifer — Are both ruptures a total tear? How big is Oreo? With the first one, how long was it that you had to keep him inactive and see an improvement? How long before somewhat normal activity was allowed? Any information would be appreciated.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:12:28 +0000

Steve…I am so sorry about Oreo. I can’t believe the vet would want to put her down, but I don’t know all the facts. My Marvin is 10 and he ruptured his right knee 2 years ago. The vet advised a wait and see approach. This was surprising because it’s a state of the art clinic. Marvin’s knee healed great with no signs of arthritis, but last week, his left knee ruptured. We are doing the wait and see again. He needs to lose 20 lbs. The vet is hoping to manage his weight and we should be fine.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 15:58:12 +0000

Today the vet came to our house and put Oreo out of pain, I feel so bad…..I miss her already….I hope we did the right thing…….it is so hard….when I would come home from work she would be waiting for me……When my wife and I would fall asleep in our bed she would jump up and sleep between us…I miss her and I wish she was still here!!!!!!!!!

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:54:06 +0000

Our dog had surgery on her right knee last fall, yesterday she injured her left knee, the vet feels it is not worth doing the surgery on her. She is 7 years old part lab part sheppard, and it is breaking my heart thinkng that I will have to put her down…..Vet is coming tommorrow morning at 9am to put her down………..I am sad