Tai had surgery last Friday (hopefully his last!!!) to remove the pin which is down his ulna. Last week the infection was persistent and he did not want to weightbear at all... there was also still a lot of discharge from the wound. So, off to see his orthopedic vet again.
It appears the top of the pin was moving around and that was causing him quite a lot of pain. It wouldn't have stopped so it defiantly needed to come out! The fractures still look the same (due to limited weightbearing) so still a bit of healing to go. Hopefully now with his weightbearing the fractures will finish off healing.
Two days after the op he begun walking superbly!!! He is actually so comfortable that he walks on all fours when just wandering around the room - rather than the hopping he has done for the last 4+ months!! This gives me hope that he will eventually break the hopping habit and become a 4-legged dog again.
He's been treated by his physio (as was Wilson) so is ready to continue his rehab exercises.
I've made a little video to show the improvement of his walking here:
Walking comparison Oct - Dec 2008 from Ali Barnett on Vimeo.
And also the improvement with his ladder:
Ladder work 4mths after accident from Ali Barnett on Vimeo.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Pool!!
We have a pool!! It's awesome.
I've been meaning to buy one for ages, and have been looking at them for the last 2 months every time I've been into The Warehouse and of course when I went to buy one last week they had sold out!! Stupid me, must remember to not procrastinate for so long. After lots of ringing around I got one from Payless Plastics - altho it was $100 more than the one at the Warehouse... bugger!
I didn't realise how much of a slope there was in the dog enclosure until I starting putting put it up. So, at one end Wilson can stand up but I figure that walking through the water will be beneficial anyway. I may move it when its due for a clean or just leave it there for this summer. No matter what it will be brilliant for Tai's rehab.
The cone-head got a bit excited watching Wilson swim. Hopefully he will be able to swim in 5 days.
Tai hadn't been wanting to weightbear since about Mon/Tues this week and started to do the ladder 3-legged. At the same time his elbow wound began to discharge a lot of fluid so off to the vets on Friday to check it out. We saw Holly and she suggested that we see Steve asap to get him to have a look given he hasn't been weightbearing when he'd been doing so well. We saw Steve on Saturday. The prognosis was that the wound had gone septic but the bone felt fine. He has bone "pain" at the top of his ulna - the wound had originally been so deep you could see the head of the pin that is down the middle of the ulna!
So 5 days of antibiotics (Baytril) and a topical spray. We'll hopefully see a rapid response and in 5 days we can swim him. The wound prob won't be healed but if we use vaseline and bandage it, it should be ok.
I've been meaning to buy one for ages, and have been looking at them for the last 2 months every time I've been into The Warehouse and of course when I went to buy one last week they had sold out!! Stupid me, must remember to not procrastinate for so long. After lots of ringing around I got one from Payless Plastics - altho it was $100 more than the one at the Warehouse... bugger!
I didn't realise how much of a slope there was in the dog enclosure until I starting putting put it up. So, at one end Wilson can stand up but I figure that walking through the water will be beneficial anyway. I may move it when its due for a clean or just leave it there for this summer. No matter what it will be brilliant for Tai's rehab.
The cone-head got a bit excited watching Wilson swim. Hopefully he will be able to swim in 5 days.Tai hadn't been wanting to weightbear since about Mon/Tues this week and started to do the ladder 3-legged. At the same time his elbow wound began to discharge a lot of fluid so off to the vets on Friday to check it out. We saw Holly and she suggested that we see Steve asap to get him to have a look given he hasn't been weightbearing when he'd been doing so well. We saw Steve on Saturday. The prognosis was that the wound had gone septic but the bone felt fine. He has bone "pain" at the top of his ulna - the wound had originally been so deep you could see the head of the pin that is down the middle of the ulna!
So 5 days of antibiotics (Baytril) and a topical spray. We'll hopefully see a rapid response and in 5 days we can swim him. The wound prob won't be healed but if we use vaseline and bandage it, it should be ok.
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