Rhapsody

She's not even interested in her treat.

Leave me alone.

Poor Rhapsody. She's not happy with her bandage color and she's all out of sorts from the pain meds....

-T

Tear of the Meniscal Cartilage

Rhapsody is out of surgery. They said the surgery went well; however, they also discovered that Rhapsody had a tear of the meniscal cartilage in addition to the cranial cruciate ligament tear. This was not the case with the last injury. Both tears have been surgically fixed and now she is in recovery. They will keep her at least overnight and re-evaluate tomorrow. Hopefully, she will be doing well enough to come home tomorrow. If you're like me, you want to know what the injuries entail so here's another website that talks about Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy (TPLO) for cruciate tears. Just be glad I didn't include the link to the site that actually shows pictures from the surgery (during surgery). I was looking at it while eating lunch. I find it intriguing but you may not...

-T

Cranial Cruciate Ligament

Today was a day of doctors. I went to have some routine lab work done and Rhapsody went to the surgeon for an exam. As feared, she needs to have surgery to repair her cranial cruciate ligament (like our ACL). This time it's the left hind leg. She had surgery on the right hind leg about two years ago. Apparently, this is a common injury for dogs of her age, breed, and weight. It is also more common in female dogs especially if they have been spayed. Smaller breed dogs (score one for Sophie) are less likely to tear their cranial cruciate ligament. Rhapsody is having the Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy (TPLO), just like before. Here's some more information - Cranial Cruciate Ligament Injury/Repair for your reading pleasure. Looks like we will be eating Ramen noodles for a while....just like the good old days in college.

-T