Only one more day of lengthening Jinx's leg. We have ranged from 1-2 millimeters a day over the last 6 and a half weeks, for a total of ~2-2.5 inches of growth!!! If we hadn't done this surgery, there is no way he could have used his leg in a meaningful way :-) The hardest part has not been keeping him quiet, or isolated away from Luna, but instead keeping his plastic e-collar on at all times. He will lick his bandaged leg whenever he's not walking, eating, playing, or getting attention... so he's stuck with the goofy cone on 23.5 hours a day.
So another 2 weeks with all of the metal pins, rings, motors, and then we'll take some radiographs to see how the bone is healing. He will likely need a total of 4 weeks with the fixator device on before we can remove it safely. All that metal will stabilize his leg and allow the bone to heal.
Hopefully by Spring, he will be running around and playing with Luna in the backyard!!
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Friday, January 20, 2012
Incredibly Funny VW "Bark Side" commercial
Wow, this is very amusing. When watching it, Luna hovered over my laptop to watch and listen! Now if we can just get Luna to bark like these professionally trained, German engineered dogs :-) (Or video edited one by one, like these guys are, then compiled into one video)
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Since Jinx always gets the attention...
I felt obligated to share a picture of Luna begging to be the first picture taken with my new camera. Clearly not the best picture, but as I was playing with all the features of my new camera, Luna was begging to be in the shot.
Up close and personal with all that stainless steel
Curious to learn more about all the hardware on Jinx? Here's the IMEX site talking about their products which are currently bolted onto Jinx :-) http://www.imexvet.com/products/external-skeletal-fixation/circular-esf-system
I hope by sharing this blog following Jinx's progress, more people will consider this type of surgery for their furry family members. If anyone has questions, we are more than happy to share our experience!
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Xray showing the new bone that is forming!
Check out this xray from last week. You can see where his bone was cut during his surgery, but is now nicely filling in with new bone as we slowly stretch his leg. It will take many weeks and months to fully calcify, but it is neat to see the progress in the last month!
Monday, January 2, 2012
Final Puppy Christmas totals...
Are they really spoiled? They don't seem to think so. A majority of the gifts exchanged in our house were for our furry friends.
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