June 3, 2009
The
best news yet! Xena went in today for xrays and they showed
her bones healed well enough to have all the pins removed.
Hurrah! We still need to prevent her from any pounding or
jolting on her front leg, but the vet felt she could go back
to training in agility on non-impact obstactles. In another
month he feels she should be able to slowly work back up to
full training!
Xena is back to herself and because of lack
of exercise and something to do, she is insane! ;-)
April 23, 2009
Great news! Xena had her leg xrayed for her 6 week
check-up. The surgeon was very pleased with her xray results!
Next week she will have one or more pins removed. The pins
are removed in stages. The surgeon stated that this method
has been proven to be the best strategy to speed up healing
without putting too much stress at once on the leg. We will,
and we know Xena will be happy about having the top pin removed
as it is a constantly pressing into her skin preventing healing.
Xena has had many other trips to the vet because there have
been problems with areas around a couple of pins not healing
and creating problems. Then she got up too fast and harmed
the leg and wouldn't walk on it again for almost a week. She
goes for xrays this week to see how the bones are healing.
We are "keeping fingers crossed" that the bones
are healing nicely!
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On March 3rd Xena escaped and was hit by a car. She sustained
a break in both the ulna and radius bones of her right leg
in addition to some gashes and scraping. Below are some images
that we took after her surgery.
Immediately after getting home the day after surgery shown
below.
