Wow, we had a few things pile up here and I got tardy on the blog. Jack's in his 5th week post op, and he's still fairly cool about being in jail - I think he's acclimating to spending time alone in the office, even when we're here. We're trying to not completely stop our day to day lives during this process, and so far so good. Jack's leg has grown back a LOT of fur, I'm guessing it won't be completely grown in by his next surgery because his fur is kinda long, but there's no hint of the surgical scar at all anymore. He does have this habit of occasionally chewing on his hock on his surgery leg (maybe this is the attach point for the jig healing - they drill an anchor point in his lower tibia to keep the saw head aligned, and this is left to heal on it's own), but it's not swollen or red or in any way appears problematic.
Jack's definitely got his lively step back in his surgery leg at this point, no limping, no apparent pain at all... in that leg. What we have noticed is more pronounced limping on his other "strong" leg. It's interesting how he's starting putting more load on the surgery leg as it's gotten stronger, and started to show more on his other leg now. This isn't a surprise, we already know his other leg is probably in worse shape than his surgery leg, it's just a matter of getting through the next 4 weeks and then starting this all over (confirmed with the vet that we have a surgical slot scheduled the last Friday of July).
Here's Jack entertaining himself by destroying a toy snake his grandparents sent him as a get well gift. Overall the past two weeks have been easier. Jack does fine all day by himself while we're at work, he's really a great dog, I can't wait to get him back out at the lake running through fields, jumping over logs, and in general being a 4y old puppy again. Soon buddy, very very soon.
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