You'll Do ANYTHING!

You'll do ANYTHING! If your child is hurt and you can do something about it, you do right? Wether they have four legs or two. For the last few days I noticed Lucy limping and at first both Corby and I thought that she had just landed wrong on it after playing ball or jumping off the porch in the backyard. Well today I noticed when I got out of the shower that when she got off the bed, she limped a little andimmediatedly sat down. She did this as she followed me into the kitchen to get us something to eat and as soon as she got up from sitting anywhere. Well I immediatedly went into panic mode and called my mom to see if I should take her to the vet or if I was just over reacting. I tend to do that sometimes....Anyway, my mom suggested I call and tell them I'm bringing her in.So, almost 2 hours, 4 xrays and a sedation and 400 dollars( Thanks mom for paying, I love ya and you know Lucy does too) later it was determined that no she didn't have hip displasia(thank goodness) but she does have a partically torn ACL. That happened to Moose our first dog and four months after we got him we had to put him down. I don't know if I can do that twice!For now though it seems I have to give her anti-inflammitory meds for 10 days and then take her back in to determine our next course of action. My hope is that the meds with help the blood vessels to fill in where the tissue has worn away and that surgery is not required.