Carter's Journey

Here in NJ we are battling the  “blizzard.”  The snow keeps coming and it’s piling quite high.  In the mean time Carter is being pampered. I shovel a path for him to use the bathroom and he makes his way around the borders of our yard, beneath the trees.  I’m thinking his leg makes it difficult to move, and probably causes him pain as he drags it through the mounds.  We’re taking it one day at a time.

Thanks for all of your feedback already. It helps to know there are other owners/dogs like us. Since most of you have had the surgery already, are there things that you wish you would have known in advance? Questions you wish you would’ve asked? Things you discovered post-op that you didn’t expect?

Just trying to be a s prepared as possible.

claiming his spot on the couch

This is my first blogging experience, but I feel it necessary since the tripawd community is limited. We, my husband and I, are the owners of a 2.8 yr old English Bulldog, Carter. He does not have cancer, but he has suffered from what is being diagnosed as an auto-immune disease since he was just 6 months. After many mysterious fevers and leg-swellings we finally seem to have his condition under control.

The only side effect has been a lame left hind leg. He has a torn CCL as well as a luxating patella. After a serious infection he has experienced nothing but pain in that leg. With our Vet’s guidance, we have decided to amputate the leg to make Carter pain-free.

His surgery is scheduled for March 30, but in the mean time it’s nice to know there is a community of people who have gone, or are going through a similar experience. We will continue to check-in to read and share stories.

Thanks!