Two weeks ago we had gorgeous weather, perfect for planting new flowers! Mike and I had a "kid free" Saturday afternoon, thanks to the grandparents that seem to steal him every Saturday after soccer, so we set out to planting some Fall color and watching the air show from our driveway. Our rather lazy Lab, Sophie, was so excited to have us alone. You could just see it in her eyes!! Those big brown eyes were screaming, "Thank you Jesus for some alone time with my mom and dad and not that crazy small fry who loves to call me Skitz and make me do stupid tricks for no treats!!!". Now be a dear and let me out of this house immediatley!"
The poor dog, who is almost 9, rarely goes out in the front. She refuses to follow any rules about staying in our yard and not chasing anyone who makes eye contact with her. We gave in and let her out with us anyways. Big mistake...HUGE!
As we were coming from the back yard to the front she took off, tail tucked in front of us and jumped off our small retaining wall. That's all she wrote...
We heard the loudest yelp and saw her immediately on her side favoring her back leg.
Once we got her inside we realized that she had hurt her left back leg....
Let me pause and back up for a minute...
Almost 5 years ago when I was 7 months pregnant we had taken Sophie to the dog park, where she proceeded to butt into another dog's game of fetch and blow out her right ACL. So, 7 months pregnant we had the joy of spending some saved up baby money on a new knee for the dog baby! We were told at that time that it would be about 5 years before the other leg would do the same from all the extra strain.
Fast forward 4 1/2 years later and here we are!!
The next morning we took her to our vet where they confirmed what we already knew. She had blown out her left ACL!
Mike took her last week to the surgeon for a consult and an invoice of $4,000 dollars! NOT A TYPO!
As for Sophie she is loving the extra TLC and the twice a day feedings she has to have to go along with her pain meds! We are hoping to get a second opinion or find a doctor who loves to do pro-bono work on dogs, or get her a cool wheelchair for her back legs(just kidding-maybe)!
Here's our 3 legged girl doing what she does best...
Poor Soph!
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