Bodwell Family: Calloway's Surgery

Where to start with this story...well back in Sept. while Caleb was here he noticed Cal limping on his back right leg. Over the next few weeks he was still limping so I took him to the vet. The vet gave him some meds and told me to limit his activity for 2 weeks then have him rechecked, if you know Cal that was a challenge. Well after the 2 weeks he was not getting any better he was actually getting worse, he start to just carry his leg around and only walk on 3 legs. So we went back to the vet, we saw a different one this time and he believed that Cal tore the tendon in his knee and would need surgery. Not expecting this I of course freaked out, my baby was going to have to have surgery. Larry wanted me to get another opinion so I made another appointment with a different vet and he agreed with my vet. So needless to say I scheduled the surgery a week later. As of today we are 6 days post surgery and he is doing good. The first few days where rough because his stitches were bleeding all over the place and he would cry because the pain meds wore off. So we changed up his pain med regiment and it is going good now and the stitches have stopped bleeding and look good. They should be coming out on Friday. The rehab part is the most challenging. He can't go up and down stairs so he is confined to the middle floor which he is not happy about because we usually spend most of our time on the bottom floor. He can't play with his sister which is driving her just as crazy. Also he can only go out on a leash so he can not run and jump. As the weeks go by his activity level will increase but he will not be back to normal activity for 10-12 weeks. So as you can probably tell this whole ordeal has been a challenge and will continue to be for several weeks.