Evie's progress

[lesser-spotted spaniel handler]

Hi all,

Evie had a recurrence of her dislocated knee cap and has had surgery at Willows in Solihull. The link below explains her injury and treatment far better than any of my ramblings can! She has been home 5 days and is very cheerful - limited lead walking for now, hydrotherapy in another 3 weeks or so. The prognosis is pretty good, she should be able to do agility and chase tennis balls as before, just not for a while! She is being a very good patient

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Sally

[Julie]

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Hi Sally, glad Evie is being a good patient, know it's difficult keeping a spaniel quiet... My little Lizzie was referred to Willows, they took a long look at her brain & decided it was fine - well for a spaniel ... without their advice on medication she'd still be a poorly girl.... Evie is great spaniel; looking forward to seeing you & her competing again later on this summer..... Regards Julie

[Jo&Bella]

Bless her Sending all good thoughts for a speedy (and stress free!) recovery. Hope to see you both again soon

[jackie14]

sorry to hear about Evie's op, hope it all works out well for and back up and competing soon, xx from BillyBob

[jane]

Get well soon Evie.

[lesser-spotted spaniel handler]

Quick update - stitches out, onesie applied to stop her licking the wound! Walking very well, and after physio check yesterday can now trot half a dozen steps before switching to 3-legged mode. Good progress! Hydrotherapy next week, re-xray on 16th June. Many thanks for all supporting messages :-)

[Jo&Bella]

Hope she continues to improve at the same good rate

[lesser-spotted spaniel handler]

Update - follow-up xrays today show the bone is healing perfectly satisfactorily - of course! We have begun hydrotherapy (treadmill) and are up to 45 mins walking at a stretch (so I should be getting fitter again!) Advice is another 3-4 weeks building up on-lead walking before starting to allow some off-lead exercise. She should be good for full off-lead exercise in 8 weeks - only 6 months leadwalking! I hope to start agility training again in October - might do something at Rugby Christmas if all goes well!
Currently snoozing off the after-effects of the sedation - her, not me!

PS And she had her second measure at Godmanchester - safely medium

[Jo&Bella]

So pleased she is coming along well

[lesser-spotted spaniel handler]

Here is Evie's follow-up x-ray

[lesser-spotted spaniel handler]

Little Black Dog is a couple of weeks into some off-lead exercise - she is very very happy! Process has been slightly accelerated by my getting a bit of a knock and not being able to do much leadwalking. Have just about found a happy medium of how much she can do without getting muscle soreness - hot weather helps to slow her down a smidge!