Jack has definitely grown accustomed to his bed-throne in front of his air conditioner. Jack's gone for several weeks now with no limping on his right leg. We recently have been able to see him limping slightly on his left leg (the one that's getting surgical repair in two weeks), so we think that's a good sign (he's bearing load more on his right leg now). His spirits are great (although he does want to go out more now). We've started once daily 5-10 min walks to get him out of the house, and to exercise his new leg a little. We can tell he's not been outside much, he smells EVERYTHING like it was all new. We're in a mixed situation now, really wanting to get the next surgery over now that we see how much better he is, but at the same time, not looking forward to two more weeks of Jack in the e-collar and loathing every minute of the day. Silver lining is that TPLOs, done by professionals, really do deliver results. We are so glad we chose to go down this path. Oh, finally got around to filing his VPI claim, a few weeks before the deadline; we'll see how much of the bill they cover. I've read other posts where they've covered the entire cost, sometimes up to $4k (which is what Jack's right leg ran w/ x-rays). Here's Jack from this past week after happily destroying another new toy. You can see that about half his leg fur has grown in, he now just looks "cleaner" on his right leg.
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