Lucy's surgery

Lucy had her surgery on friday. She had a Luxating patella, which means her knee cap wasn't in the right place, as many of you had noticed with her limping. Well it had gotten worse over the past month and she needed surgery. We had to go up to Buffalo to a board certified orthopedic surgeon for the surgery. She did well, we brought her home saturday. Its so nice to have my baby back, she did cry when we got there, and has been whimpering on and off since. The surgeon said it was difficult with her size, and that she needs to lose some weight, which hopefully will be possible now, because she will be able to go on walks, most likely we will wait until spring to test that one out. She has a big bulgy bandage on that has to stay on for a week, and can't jump or run or play rough with other dogs for 6 weeks, which won't be hard for her. She mostly just sits and sleeps in her bed. I was getting worried though because she hadn't peed in almost 24 hours this Am and wouldn't drink any water. So I gave her some milk, which she drank right up, then took her outside (and I have to wrap her bandage in a glove so It won't get wet, or else thats really bad), and she finally peed, thank god, her little kidneys are working. She doesn't have much of an appetite, and she looks at us like "what did you do to me" but overall she is doing well. here are some pics of this bandage, which she hates.