Just to update you all Blue was dropped off this morning at 8:00am at NorthWest Surgeons and had her surgery around lunch time, she came round shortly afterwards.

The TPLO surgery seems to have gone well, though there was an issue with a fused tibula (or fibula, always confuse the 2), due to arthritis the tibula was fused to the bone they were cutting and turning, this has resulted in them using a larger plate on Blue’s leg, the post-operative x-ray also showed a very small fracture in the tibula which was caused when they turned the cut section of bone, so she’ll need extra special care during her recovery period.

The vet informed us that the cruciate ligament was just literally hanging together by a thread, he also believes due to the amount of liquid on Blues other knee, that she will most likely need the same treatment done on that one sometime in the near future (we’re starting saving now), we’re going to enquire about hydrotherapy treatment with him tomorrow as well as alot of people we’ve spoke to via twitter, Facebook and a few veterinary folk we know have said that this can be beneficial in the recovery and strengthening of the remaining muscle and bone.

All being well we will be picking her up sometime tomorrow afternoon, presently were covering all the laminate flooring with carpets and getting her crate nice and comfy/homely, also been across to Yorkshire to pick my mum up, who has kindly voluntered to stay with us the first week so someone can keep an eye on her while we are at work.

Will post more tomorrow after we’ve seen the vet