And then there's Maude...

[corbits]

Maude needs surgery. She has a luxating patella. Apparently this is rarely seen in big dogs, usually in toy breeds. Due to that, her sprained ankle is probably not a sprained ankle at all but a stretched or torn ligament due to the running while her knee was out of place. She may not need surgery for the ligament if it's not torn, but the knee she'

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[ivysmom]

wow... that sucks. i know how you feel. when crystal swallowed a foot long piece of stick last summer it cost us $2000. in vet bills. lord only knows what it would have been if she'd needed surgery.

is there a vet closer that could do the surgery?

[korpsy]

shit, thats terrible. I hope Maude gets the help she needs to get back to health.