Day 3

It is day 3, Lobo is still at the hospital. No changes in his ability to walk, he can stand for a few seconds assisted but can still not put much pressure on his back legs. He is not wanting to eat so I took all his favorite treats up to him to see if they can coax him to eat something. They still have him on pain killers, antibiotics and an anti-inflammatory. They will update us daily. They really wanted to see if they could get him to put some weight on his surgery leg to reduce the pressure on his other torn knee. The best scenario would be to try to not operate on the other knee until week 4 for the most stability during the recovery process. We will know on Monday which road we will be heading down.

We saw a 6yr old lab at the hospital yesterday that had knee surgery three weeks earlier. She was happily dancing about. They also have another patient that blew out both knees at the same time and is now at week 8. She is doing well and walking around. The surgeon stated that the first five days after surgery are the most critical. They are doing physical therapy on Lobo to assist with both knees. They said it is really up to him now. I question if we did the right thing by leaving him there, while it is emotionally hard on all parties, deep down I know it was the right decision; they know how much to push him. Anyone who has been through physical therapy knows it is not much fun but hopefully the pain killers are helping him get some rest.

More tomorrow.