I'm not the only one rushing the week along. Hubby thought all day long that it was Wednesday. He almost put our trash cans out too (trash day is Thursday). I had to tell him a few times what day it was.
Yesterday I took Merlin to the vet as he had been limping sometimes on his left rear leg. Turns out he may have a slight sprain or very slight tear of a ligament. The vet gave us some anti-inflammatory meds to try out. She suggested Xrays but even after those she really couldn't tell how severe if any it was. There is a 'specialist' down in another town that she could send the Xrays to and see if there was really something. She said if we wanted to be aggressive we could have that done and if they found something, opt for an operation costing upwards of $3000 which may not even provide 100% results. Nope none of that sounded good to me.
I wanted her to treat him besides, not some strangers who sorry but likely want to line their pockets!
She also told me if there is a tear, if it is not severe which it is not because he's not holding his leg up all the time, just favors it at times, that some folks choose to do nothing and eventually scar tissue builds up but he can walk on it in time again with no 'favoring'. The end result to that is he may get arthritis there. Well to me that sounds like the least invasive path. So we're trying meds for 2 weeks and seeing how he is doing. Either way we're not planning on having an operation. Don't get me wrong. I'd be the first one to pluck down that amount if I thought it was critical and necessary. It does not meet either of these criteria. So we'll see how he does.
He still runs outside if he sees a squirrel. She suggested limiting his activity - ya right. When we have the A/C going it is easier as we have the house closed up but not when we have the doors open. I'm not going to confine him to a kennel either. So Merlin, hope you get better on your own buddy! We LOVE you!!!
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