The day of surgery...

When Molly got up the morning of surgery she went right to her food bowl. I was like sorry sweetie not today.

I had to have Molly at the vets at 7:30am right when they opened so they could shave her leg and have her all ready for when Dr. Tudor arrived.

I signed all the consent and paperwork "aka" financial payment and left Molly with the vet tech.

I was under the impression that I would be picking Molly up the next day in the afternoon. They said they would call me after surgery and let me know what time I should come and pick her up.

About 9:30 am Dr. Tudor's assistant called me to say that in about 30 minutes they would be starting the surgery and to expect a phone call about 2 hours after they started.

Dr. Tudor then called me at 12:30 to say that Molly did very well. That she cleaned out the knee joint and that is was in fact a complete tear of the cruciate ligament. She cut and changed the angle of the tibia...attached the plate and screws...took xrays and everything looked great. Molly handled the anethesia without difficulty and that Molly would be staying until Saturday.

So I was happy that Molly was doing well.

Dr. Tudor said that Molly would be able to bear weight on her leg right away if she wanted too...but absolutely no running or jumping. Must be on a leash at all times when out of her kennel. She had staples in her leg that would come out in 2 weeks and Dr Tudor would see her at 4 weeks and then again at 8 weeks.