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My dog has some problems with her left knee joint ever since she had a fall 3 weeks ago. She screamed in pain but was much better after a short rest.
1st vist with a normal vet immed after the fall and we were told her knee joints were not normal (she has luxating patellas) and might have injured her ligaments during the fall. We were given anti imflammatory and painkillers. She wasn't in much pain anyway, but I completed the course of meds.
A week later she was still limping intermittently so I brought her back to the vet, thinking they might xray her. But the vet did not and referred us to an orthopedic vet instead.
Week #3 we went to the orthopedic vet, he palpated her knees and observed her moving around (he also had her records to refer to) and he told us her knees were grade 2 with the left one showing clinical symptoms. He says to do the operation is still optional and depends on what we feel is necessary for her to maintain her quality of life. Sounds like a reasonable diagnosis BUT I still get this nagging thought that there is no XRAY AT ALL and he has already diagnosed her??? Is this 'acceptable'? He did mention that XRAY is included in the surgery charges though..
It's already week #4 now and the amount of limping is still the same. We are afraid of playing the usual games with her as we do not want to aggravate the joint injury. Why is it that she could run perfectly normal (though her knee joints were already genetically deformed) and just one fall and she has this problem? Could it be something other than the LP causing the problem too?
1st vist with a normal vet immed after the fall and we were told her knee joints were not normal (she has luxating patellas) and might have injured her ligaments during the fall. We were given anti imflammatory and painkillers. She wasn't in much pain anyway, but I completed the course of meds.
A week later she was still limping intermittently so I brought her back to the vet, thinking they might xray her. But the vet did not and referred us to an orthopedic vet instead.
Week #3 we went to the orthopedic vet, he palpated her knees and observed her moving around (he also had her records to refer to) and he told us her knees were grade 2 with the left one showing clinical symptoms. He says to do the operation is still optional and depends on what we feel is necessary for her to maintain her quality of life. Sounds like a reasonable diagnosis BUT I still get this nagging thought that there is no XRAY AT ALL and he has already diagnosed her??? Is this 'acceptable'? He did mention that XRAY is included in the surgery charges though..
It's already week #4 now and the amount of limping is still the same. We are afraid of playing the usual games with her as we do not want to aggravate the joint injury. Why is it that she could run perfectly normal (though her knee joints were already genetically deformed) and just one fall and she has this problem? Could it be something other than the LP causing the problem too?
