That explains why I was having so much trouble posting.  I'd write this long update, try to post and it and it would disappear!  I'd try again and it would disappear.  Glad it was resolved!  Thanks to admin for working hard to fix it!

Glad you got to see his page.  🙂  He is a handsome boy.  I love that video.  My daughter loves making them.  I'm sure I'll have more to post once she realizes he has a FB page.  lol

Good news is that Patchy is feeling so much better.  Bad news is that Patchy is feeling so much better!  He's getting tired of being confined and got really excited today when I took him out to go potty.  Talked to the vet and they had me up his sedation/anxiety meds.  This big goofball is his own worst enemy!  🙂

I had the chance to ready Daisy's story and am realizing this is a reasonably unusual situation.  I'm wondering if it would be helpful to have a post somewhere with Patchy's experience going through these surgeries as a tripawd.  If this would be helpful, where would be the best place to post it?

I appreciate the heads up on the anxiety medication.  Patchy's anti anxiety meds are definitely helping him.  They really mellow him out and allow him to relax.   He's doing great on them.   I can tell when they are starting to wear off because he gets anxious when I'm not in sight.  He is such a high energy pup that I can't imagine how he could recoup without them.  Prior to his surgery, he was going crazy from the confinement.  His world has gotten so small since he's been injured.  Poor boy.

He had a setback this week.  He started really favoring the leg he had surgery on and his incision didn't look as good as I thought it should.  Seemed a little red and upset.  By the time I took him to the vet, he was really doing everything he could not to put weight on it.  Dr. was concerned he may have broken something so did x-rays.  Thankfully the x-rays didn't show any breaks but did show some fluid around the lower screw on the plate they'd put in.   Vet believes he has a low grade infection so he is back on antibiotics.  He was supposed to start getting short walks at the end of the week, but we're going to have to stick with strict rest and only going out for potty breaks.  Poor kiddo.  He just can't catch a break.  

We're seeing the vet again on the 26th for a recheck and I'm hoping he'll be good to go to schedule surgery on his other leg.  It pains me to think of him having to start this recovery process all over again, but I know there is a light at the end of the tunnel and it is needed.  

Never done a blog in my life.  I'm going to have to check on getting one started.  Anything that can help someone else going through this journey is definitely worth doing.