Jack woke up this morning and for the first time did't yelp when he got up and has even been putting partial weight down on his right leg (yay!)
Today we had a follow-up visit with Jack's surgeon Dr. Leeds (who by the way, drives a bad-ass Jaguar with the license plate PET SRGN - awesome)
The visit was a positive one, and finally I'm beginning to feel happy and optomistic about Jackson's condition. When we walked in Dr. Leeds had 2 other vet's with him and they all reviewed Jack's file. Because my husband and I have such great communication skills, we didn't bring the x-ray's (which would have been beneficial) but they were able to work without them. Dr. Leeds said the Deramax (an anti-infalmmatory) that Jack has to take every morning appears to be working with him rather well.
Then Brian asked about surgery. Dr Leeds said that as long as the Deramax is working well for him we should try to put it off until he's at least 6 months (Jack's approx 4.5 months now) The reason being is because - get this - Pit Bull's are so amazingly resilient and regenerative that if we were to go ahead and do the surgery now, Jack could actually grow back the bone that's taken off! WTH?!?! The most important thing Dr Leeds pointed out was that Jackson doesn't seem to be in pain (at least much less so than when we first brought him in) and we can keep him on the anti-inflammitory until he gets a little bigger.
Oh talk about bigger. He's 18 pounds now, last week.... 15.75 pounds. What a fat boy!
So, the good news: Jack doesn't need surgery like, tomorrow. This gives us time to raise more money!
The not-so-good news: he already has some muscle atrophy in his right back leg and he'll need surgery eventually to ward off arthritis allowing him to live a happy healthy life!
I would like to personally thank all of those people who have donated to Jack's surgery so far. You are incredible and generous people and have literally brought tears to my eyes because of your kindness.
We're on our way to getting this surgery for my puppy! Please, pass this blog along to friends, family and fellow animal lovers, it's because of you guys Jack will be able to live a normal healthy life!
Today we had a follow-up visit with Jack's surgeon Dr. Leeds (who by the way, drives a bad-ass Jaguar with the license plate PET SRGN - awesome)
The visit was a positive one, and finally I'm beginning to feel happy and optomistic about Jackson's condition. When we walked in Dr. Leeds had 2 other vet's with him and they all reviewed Jack's file. Because my husband and I have such great communication skills, we didn't bring the x-ray's (which would have been beneficial) but they were able to work without them. Dr. Leeds said the Deramax (an anti-infalmmatory) that Jack has to take every morning appears to be working with him rather well.
Then Brian asked about surgery. Dr Leeds said that as long as the Deramax is working well for him we should try to put it off until he's at least 6 months (Jack's approx 4.5 months now) The reason being is because - get this - Pit Bull's are so amazingly resilient and regenerative that if we were to go ahead and do the surgery now, Jack could actually grow back the bone that's taken off! WTH?!?! The most important thing Dr Leeds pointed out was that Jackson doesn't seem to be in pain (at least much less so than when we first brought him in) and we can keep him on the anti-inflammitory until he gets a little bigger.
Oh talk about bigger. He's 18 pounds now, last week.... 15.75 pounds. What a fat boy!
So, the good news: Jack doesn't need surgery like, tomorrow. This gives us time to raise more money!
The not-so-good news: he already has some muscle atrophy in his right back leg and he'll need surgery eventually to ward off arthritis allowing him to live a happy healthy life!
I would like to personally thank all of those people who have donated to Jack's surgery so far. You are incredible and generous people and have literally brought tears to my eyes because of your kindness.
We're on our way to getting this surgery for my puppy! Please, pass this blog along to friends, family and fellow animal lovers, it's because of you guys Jack will be able to live a normal healthy life!
THANK YOU!
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