Abbey's 2nd Knee Update

Abbey had her 6 week post op check the morning of her 2nd surgery (because the vet was nice enough to do them the same day to save me the trip).  When he called after her her surgery was over he asked me if I had noticed any change in her walking in the 6 weeks since her 1st surgery.  We had noticed that she was favoring it a little bit over about two days about a week and a half before the 2nd surgery.  He was very surprised that that was all that was all we had noticed because apparently she had somehow managed to crack a bone in her leg between two screws...  He was amazed that she hadn't showed more signs of pain but considering how high of a pain tolerance she has, I wasn't that surprised.  He said that it had already started to heal so we decided the best move for her was to be on a 2 week activity restriction then do an x-ray at her 2 week post op to see how the crack was healing.  Keeping her quite for 2 weeks was very difficult to say the least.  She and Jordyn love nothing more than running and jumping all over the house and yard and it was difficult to contain them.

At her two week post op, he said she was walking really well and that the x-rays showed that her crack was almost 100% healed so she could start her post op activity routine which consists of stretches as well as short, controlled walks that we slowly increase in length over the coming weeks.

She had her last follow up 4 weeks later and got a clean bill of health.  Her crack was completely healed and her other leg was healing well.

Is this not the saddest thing ever?  We have a gate on the deck so she can't get down to the yard but can still go out without a leash to go to the bathroom.  She went out and sat on the step and just stared at the yard. :(


Overall this was a good experience.  We would have really liked to have had some better physical therapy options then just a few stretches and short walks but overall she has healed like expected with the exception of the crack.  The vet is very pleased and we hope this will be the end of knee issues for her.


See our earlier posts on her knee journey here:

Abbey's Knee Surgeries

Abbey's 1st Surgery & 2 Week Post Op

Tucker's Birth Story

He is finally here!!!

This is Tucker!  He was born on Tuesday June 14th at 4:48pm.  8 Pounds, 3.75 OZ and was 20.5 inches long.

I started to feel some random contractions around 3am Tuesday morning but they were very random and not very strong at all.  I was able to sleep on and off until Beau got up at 7.  He waited to go into work until 9am and at 10am my water broke so he came back home to get the last minute stuff packed up and to finish sorting out babysitting for Jordyn.  We were very lucky to have a neighbor across the street who was able to watch her until my mother's flight landed.

We left for the hospital around 1230-1pm and by about 3pm, I was getting very uncomfortable.  Up until that point, I was up, walking around, snacking and pretty much doing my normal day to day.  The contractions were very different than the ones during Jordyn's labor and were much easier to handle.  Also that first time fear that I had with my first labor was gone so this one was much smoother and calmer.

After pushing on and off for about an hour, he was born at 4:48pm!

We stayed in the hospital for only 48 hours before we got to go home.  Other than a few small sleeping and nursing hurdles, we are both doing well!

I do want to share that he was born with some minor birth defects to his hands.  His middle, ring and pinky fingers on both hands are fused together and both index fingers are bent inwards.  We are planning to travel to Philadelphia soon to see a pediatric hand specialist/plastic surgeon for an evaluation at which point we hope to learn more about how is fingers are constructed and begin to develop a plan.

Thank you for all the support and be on the lookout for new reviews up soon!