Sundays are my Secondhand day. I'm basically too lazy to think of anything new to say so I re-post a "vintage" entry.
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"Under the knife"
Original Post Date, June 1, 2011
Yesterday, I took Miss Millie for the surgical evaluation of her torn ACL. We made the 45 minute trip to the specialist and when we got there, Millie was sure to let everyone in the waiting room and inner offices know that there was a Beagle in the house.
AROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Once we got in the exam room, she sniffed around trying to determine what the heck we were doing there. And then, of course, she had to let everyone know where said Beagle from the lobby was.
AROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dr. Surgeon came in and rolled his stool close to me while he asked me about Millie. I explained to him that I had rescued her from the Portage County dog pound and that I realized a few days later, that I had inherited a dog with a football injury.
He leaned in, “My goodness..” and placed his hand on my knee.
Now, normally I would have shot him my “WTF?’ look but hey, ACL surgeries are pretty expensive so I allowed it just in case we needed a discount or payment plan which they clearly didn’t offer as noted on the signs in the waiting room.
“Why don’t you walk her down the hall so I can take a look?” he said.
Oh geez, I thought to myself, are you going to take a look at Millie or me?
“Maybe you would like to take her?” I offered.
“No, then I won’t be able to watch her walk”.
Oh geez. I slooowly walked down the long hallway so that my booty wouldn’t bounce on the way down and the girls wouldn’t bounce on the way back.
The guy touched ME more through the evaluation than he touched Millie but GUESS WHAT??
Since I've been giving her an over the counter joint supplement, she's improved so much that the vet doesn't think she'll need surgery at all! We just need to cut back on our treats so she can lose a few pounds.
AROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I like the idea of a secondhand Sunday. Interesting story about Millies vet visit.
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ReplyDeleteIt keeps me from having to think too much! Thanks for stopping by~
Sounds like you might oughta visit him next time you take a tumble seeing how he now already knows your typical gate.
ReplyDeleteWoodson (5yr old Basset) had a similar problem with his right front shoulder joint. The doc suggested some Glucosimine Condroitin (sp). We fed it to him twice a day (wrapped in turkey, of course) and cut his food way back. He lost some weight and a couple of weeks later was fut as a fiddle. I think he was faking it just for the turkey.
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