Thanks to those who sent their best wishes for Ruby....
No word back from the surgeon who will perform the op if he feels it will be beneficial and that she will come through it okay.
I won't hack Max's post but will update when I have something to tell you all but it happened on Saturday night so it's been a very long week
PhotoLady wrote: ↑Fri Jul 21, 2017 9:13 pm
Thanks to those who sent their best wishes for Ruby....
No word back from the surgeon who will perform the op if he feels it will be beneficial and that she will come through it okay.
I won't hack Max's post but will update when I have something to tell you all but it happened on Saturday night so it's been a very long week
You don't like my advice to buy her a very large comfortable dog bed with a nice cushion and always something she can chew on all the time and forget her sofa or bed? Do you give her some drugs for her pain?
Thanks for the update on poor Ruby, PhotoLady. As to the cruciate ligament problem she is suffering from in the knee of one her back legs, I found this article:
I'm surprised the Vet is considering an Op at the cost of £100's of quid for you. The medics wouldn't consider doing this to a footballer suffering the same injury! I'd have thought that a simple splint would do the trick, just to hold the leg in place for a few weeks until it heals?
She's on Pardale V tablets on top of the Metacam liquid she has for her arthritis. An op involves breaking into the leg bones to build the splints and a cage around the joint. It's a procedure I'm familiar with from my experience of working in a veterinary clinic in UK some years ago...
We've blocked off the sofa and at night she sleeps on the mattress from the sofa bed by my side in the bedroom. In the daytime she has 2 rugs in the kitchen and living room.
She is almost 11 years old and a very heavy dog which means the other leg is having to take the strain. All very worrying for us but in herself, she's just as normal and that's even sadder because she doesn't cry or whimper and still wants to go for walks she cannot have
Bograt wrote: ↑Fri Jul 21, 2017 10:59 am
Absolutely lovely, Max. Thank you for sharing. I too would like to know the name of this plant, if the bees like it I will endeavour to plant one. Bees are such appealing little things, something about them always makes me smile.
You are always welcome Bograt. I was already wondering what was wrong with this post as you are the only one with a respond. I will reduce posting in future as I think there were too many from me.
Max
Last Christmas, I started a competition to play "Spot The Santa". It didn't get a single reply. So I feel your pain.
But don't let it get you down. And if anybody does think that Max starts too many threads, there is a very simple solution: start more of your own threads.
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Living in Polemi, Cyprus with my wife and daughter.
I love the photos Max shares with us all. I am sure he will continue
I recall buying our first citrus tree not long after we arrived in Cyprus and one of the care instructions we were given when spraying insecticide was not to spray when in flower "Don't kill the breeze" we were told....
After several times of this repeated phrase the penny finally dropped....
Do you give her some drugs for her pain?
"Don't kill the breeze" we were told....
