{"id":356,"date":"2010-01-11T17:53:33","date_gmt":"2010-01-12T01:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogkneeinjury.com\/?p=356"},"modified":"2010-05-28T15:25:42","modified_gmt":"2010-05-28T23:25:42","slug":"beaus-story-two-weeks-post-op-ccl-repair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogkneeinjury.com\/beaus-story-two-weeks-post-op-ccl-repair\/","title":{"rendered":"Beau’s Story – Two Weeks Post Op CCL Repair"},"content":{"rendered":" \n

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This week we have seen a big improvement in Beau\u2019s ease in getting around. In fact, he thinks he\u2019s superdog! He clearly isn\u2019t feeling much pain, so we have eased off on the Tramadol, but continue to give him the Metacam and the Acepromozine for sedation. The most difficult part of the week is getting him to just lay around. We\u2019ve invented some little games to keep him busy but still \u2013 such as a toy we have that has stuffed, squeaky squirrels hidden in a stuffed tree and he has to work to get them all out. To up that game a bit, we hide a small cookie at the bottom. When he\u2019s really full of himself, a small rawhide chewie settles him down a bit \u2013 but they sure don\u2019t last very long. He\u2019s never done well with the big rawhide bones \u2013 loves them, but his gums start too bleed. We have some very thick sweet potato chewies that do last longer, but they are expensive.<\/p>\n \n

At the end of the week, Beau had a check up and got his sutures removed. His leg is getting a bit of hair back and the twelve inch incision looks very good. We were very lucky that Beau did not mess with his incision. I was ready with a pair of old boxers and a T shirt, to cover and distract, but they turned out to be unnecessary. The vet was pleased with his progress and indicating we were now entering the physical rehabilitation period. The idea is to build his muscle back up without over stressing the knee joints\/ligaments. Her recommendations for the next month:<\/p>\n

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    Swim Therapy<\/span>. The vet \thospital has a separate facility with hydrotherapy pool and trainer \tand is always pushing this. We did this a few years a go when we \twere first told Beau had hip dysplasia but it\u2019s just too expensive \tto do it on a regular basis. I\u2019m sure it\u2019s wonderful, but we \tjust couldn\u2019t do that his entire life. However, a limited post op \tperiod is doable. We told the vet we could either do it one time a \tweek for a longer period of weeks or two times a week for a shorter \tperiod of weeks. She preferred the longer period of weeks, so we\u2019ll \tbe taking him one a week for ten weeks. We do have our own pool \tthat Beau swims in (it\u2019s in ground, so it\u2019s easy for him to get \tin and out) but we live in Ohio, so this isn\u2019t an option until \tsummer!<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Stairs<\/span>. Beau is now to be \tencouraged to do stairs either once a day for ten minutes or twice a \tday for five minutes. This is somewhat of a relief to me, since I\u2019m \tworried that he\u2019ll try this anyway. We\u2019ll still have to keep \tthe stairs blocked off most of the time, however, because the vet \tdoesn\u2019t want him just following us up and down the stairs all day \tlong.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Walking on inclines<\/span>. We \tare to take him on walks of initially five minutes, increasing an \tadditional five minutes each week to an area with small inclines and \tzig-zag walk him up and down the inclines. This could have been \tchallenging \u2013 Ohio is pretty flat! – but we live a street away from \ta golf course. We can drive there, get on the path, and walk him up \tand down the hills. The vet suggested these walks 3 times a week \tfor now.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    This week we have seen a big improvement in Beau\u2019s ease in getting around. In fact, he thinks he\u2019s superdog! He clearly isn\u2019t feeling much pain, so we have eased off on the Tramadol, but continue to give him the Metacam and the Acepromozine for sedation. The most difficult part of the week is getting…<\/p>\n

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