Your support, enthusiasm,words of encouragement and love....and Team shirts and licky clovers.......sooooooo loving and kind

Olay, here we go!   Nothing completely conclusive yet.    Doing a "process of elimination" approach.

Ome thing we can eliminate with a great deal of certainty, it is NOT a failing surgery (continue knocking on wood)!   So I co sider that a vig YAAAAAAAAAY 🙂

It os NOT any crimp or kink in the ...hmmm...wire,or something like that.

All this was determined through a massive amount of manipulation from Rehab and xrays.   Dr Wheedle felt like the cruciate repair was srill very stable and tight (continue knocking on wood).   Now, when Dr Smith manipulated ot, she felt like she felt movement.  Dr Wheedle had already called her at thisnpoint and I stated again how she felt it was so stavle.  I expressed I was fearful all the MASSIVE manipulation maybe caused an issue.   Anyway, she ma ipulated jnder xray and said it felt fine. YAAAAAAAAAY 🙂 🙂

So we.oved forward with fluid joint tap.  That has to be sent out to determine if there is any infection ofany sort.  Dr Smith said she has seen that happen even this far out.  We started him on antibiotics just in case we needed a headstart in that area

.Now, regarding a meniscus possibility.  Wheedle found "some" reaction in all her manipulation that "could" indicate that, but not in all manipulation related to ndicating meniscus.  Am I ma@ing sense?  Apparently an MRI  is the way to rule that in or out.  That's not an option and, the process of elimination we are foing through now shuld indicate where the issue is.

Soooo....some things off the tavle!  YAY!

Will wait for fluid results and see if that's on, or off, the table and fo from there.

In typical Frankie fashion, a kight sedation wasn't working and they had to gas mask him. 

Of course, now he's in the car zoning out and getting growly if I even suggest that he get out.

Of course Blind RockStar Nurse Myrtle decided to barrel out the door, knock me out of the way as she semi skipped a few stars and headed to the car to get in with Frankie.  So she got to the car on her own,but she stood by the front bumper and kept trying to climb up on it to get in the DOOR....the door in her mind's eye! 🙂 🙂

So yeah, some good news and some unknowns still.  Everything is doable in one form or another

Sending all my love to each of you.  Again, I know youALL are ddealing with challe ges in so e area ofnyour @ives, whether it be dog, czt or human crap.  So, again, I am soooo touched by your kindness and support

With endless gratitude for each of you,

Sally and Alumni Happy Hannah and Merry Myrtle and Frankie too!

PS...I'll ppst so e video of Rehab Wheedle doing the manipulation.  Quite fascinating how any @itt@e teeny tweak one way or a other can indicate this or that.  I am sooooo fortunate to jave her asp part of TEAM FRANKIE!! 🙂   THANK YOU CARING SOULS FOR THAT! 🙂

HAHA...Frankie finally  got out of the car, but only on his terms and his way!   There just came a point when I had to let his stubborn  hard head override my cautious logic.

Her Vet is out of office today so don't  have any update on lab results.  I "-think" the tap takes  few days.  I was really hoping to get the blood results back though, as I took him oft Rimadyl as of Sunday because he threw up and that concerned me.  As most of you recall, he ate a whole bottle of Myrtle' s awhile back and had an extended four day vacation in the high dollar speciality  clinic!!   The bloodwork before his cruciate  repair  was all normal, and he was on low dose during that  recovery.

Anyway, even after taking him off the Rimadyl , he still acts a little nauseous  and throws up "maybe" once a day.  Eating and drinking, peeng and pooping all day.

So just pain meds and the antibiotics for now, and rest.  

His other two legs are soooo fatigued.  The "good" rear is starting to get the shakes from the strain.  And the front kinda' goes down.  All this is certainly  not unexpected though.  Jopefully  we can get the surgery leg back in tip top shape quickly .

Oh, Michelle.  The Vet did mention a steriod injection.  She explained  why she didn't  want to do that at this point and it was about damage, or weakening, to the bone.  At some point though, I may ask for it.  It's  kinda' like Prednisone.  For all its  bad side effedts, sometimes  it can be a miracle drug whren necessary .

Oh....I got to have a couple of pictires with myself and Frankie taken by the Rehab helper!   For some dang reason I can't  get my videos to upload to YouTube....been trying  for 24 hours now. 

Well crappppp....let's  try the vireo again.  Disregard the one avove

Yeah Jackie....remote controlled cart...love it😎