Hi everyone! I was neutered on the 9th of July and did great! I also got my teeth cleaned and all shined up. My incision has healed nicely and it is now almost invisible.
I have been working on a few things since we last talked. I have learned to sit, and do it perfectly every morning when it is time to come out of my crate. I know that I need to sit still (except I get the brittany wiggles) until the door is open. My foster mom said that she now knows that I need to have the rest of my leg amputated. I seem so confused about what to do with what is left when I am sitting. It's hard to decide if I should hold it up, or try to put it down. I've also gotten confused a couple times and it has caused me to crash into the floor. When I get moving too fast (on the stairs, or jumping from the couch) I forget it is gone and expect it to catch me. Hopefully with the rest of it gone, muscles, tendons, ligaments, I won't have this problem.
Anyway my final surgery is scheduled for the 14th of August. Wish me luck!
My Story- as told by my foster mom
Bosco is an owner surrender after an “accident” left him in desperate need of surgery. No one is quite sure what happened, but his owners took him to the vet with a broken leg. They did not have the money to have the leg set, so the Veterinarian agreed to wrap the leg and explained how to care for him. Three weeks after the initial vet visit, he was taken back to the vet because the leg now “smelled funny”. The owners did not do as the Veterinarian had instructed them to do; the wrap was left on for the entire three weeks! When the Veterinarian removed the bandage he discovered it was severely infected. Gangrene had spread through the entire leg. The only option to save his life was amputation. That’s where ABR came in! After the mention of a call to the police about animal abuse, the owners surrendered him into ABR’s care. We approved the life saving surgery and a specialty surgeon was called in to remove the leg. But since the leg was so badly infected the specialty surgeon would not do the operation because he did not believe Bosco would make it. (HA! Was he wrong...) Since Bosco was already under anesthesia another Veterinarian agreed to do the amputation. Because he was not a specialty surgeon, he was only able to remove the leg, not the leg and shoulder. This means that Bosco will need to undergo another surgery to remove the rest of the leg and the shoulder. (He currently still tries to "use" the leg which results in the occasional tumble.)
3 comments:
Good luck with the surgery Bosco. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. Soon you'll out in the sun!
Good Luck, Bosco. Our prayers are with you
Good luck, Bosco!
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