Baby Ben's Boo-Boo Knee
Warning! There are graphic post-surgery pictures coming up! Despite their ugliness, they are absolutely amazing looking for less than 24 hours after surgery.
Yesterday Dr. Silbernagel operated to repair Ben's knee. His knee joint was congenitally at about a 29% angle which put too much ware and tear and stress on his ligament and it gave way, just like his left one did about a year and a half ago. Part of the knee bone was shaved down to change the angle to about 7% and a titanium plate and 6 screws were inserted to shore up the knee.
First they shaved the whole leg...
I have to ice it every few hours and do range of motion exercises. He has to stay quiet and off the furniture, but he is doing amazingly well. He's eating like normal, using it to toe touch, bending his knee when he sits and even went potty OK tonight. We're over the hardest part. On to healing!
PS. Dear God, Bentley respectfully requests that you warm things up outside since this recent cold snap is mighty chilly on his newly barenaked leg! Thank you!
Yesterday Dr. Silbernagel operated to repair Ben's knee. His knee joint was congenitally at about a 29% angle which put too much ware and tear and stress on his ligament and it gave way, just like his left one did about a year and a half ago. Part of the knee bone was shaved down to change the angle to about 7% and a titanium plate and 6 screws were inserted to shore up the knee.
First they shaved the whole leg...
...as well as a spot on the front and a patch above his tail where the epidural went in.
It mostly looks bad because of the bruising.
But in reality, it looks AWESOME!
All of the stitches are on the inside the the outside is glued so there's no oozing or mess.
PS. Dear God, Bentley respectfully requests that you warm things up outside since this recent cold snap is mighty chilly on his newly barenaked leg! Thank you!
Comments
Can you knit him a leg warmer? :)
P.S. Good Nurse, You!!
Keep up the good work and fast healing!