The EDB blows her other knee
Posted in cranial cruciate ligament (CCL), The End of the Monsoon on October 31st, 2011 by admin – 1 Comment
The EDB wearing the Cone of Shame
A border collie blows her other, and last, CCL.
On Saturday, October 15th, 2011, while running on the flat near the bank of the Bow River in the company of her owner and her friends, Brian Unger and Sheila Robinson, Eva (the EDB) blew out her left hind knee. This was exactly 7 1/2 months after blowing her right hind knee–she had managed to make a complete recovery.
There followed, a week and two days later, the usual surgery performed by the usual veterinary surgeon, Dr. Bruce Rodger, and the usual clinic: Marda Loop. According to Dr. Rodger the surgery went well, and certainly Eva seems to be recovering well, better in fact–so far–than the first time. I hope to have the staples out by late next week, and to start doggy physical therapy shortly after. She turns 12 in January, but I’m hoping that by the spring she’ll be either back to normal or very close to it. This will be the last surgery she ever goes through. If it gives her, and me, another 2 or 3 years of outdoor activity, and love, it will be worth it.
