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Charlie's Surgeries

Charlie tore his right ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) when he was about a year and a half old.  The left ligament tore about two months later.  In both cases Charlie had to have a special TPLO (Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy) surgery performed by a veterinarian certified in the procedure.  Read more about TPLO Charlie did pretty well with the first surgery and was up with help after a week and walking on his own within two weeks. 

His second surgery, coming so soon after the first left him pretty discouraged.  It was a cold rainy day coming home from the vet's and Charlie did not want to get out of the car and walk into the house.  Charlie, weighing more than 150 pounds, was too big to carry.  A solution was found and Charlie was taken into the house via a little red wagon. 

A couple of weeks following his second surgery Charlie should have been walking more than he was.  He did not want to put any weight on his leg and a trip to the vet explained the reason.  The fibula had broken at the head, near the knee.  Poor Charlie was trying to walk on a broken leg.  His left leg finally healed but is a little more crooked than the right and still gives him problems from time to time.

During his recovery period, Charlie would be pulled around the house while he lay on his "blankie". He enjoyed going for these rides, thank goodness for wood floors. Every time we get his blankie out he is convinced it is time for another.
 

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