Jayda had her three-week check-up on Tuesday and Dr. Novy is pleased with her progress so far... There is bone growth at the break, but the pin from the knee to the hip is going to stay in for at least another three weeks just so we can make sure this worked... Dr. Novy described (graphically) the painful surgical process required to stretch the tendons so he could realign the bone fragments... No wonder it was such a LONG surgery!
Dr. Novy decided to leave on the soft cast for another three weeks, but I guess Jayda had had enough of this for I got up yesterday morning at my usual early time (3AM) and found she'd chewed through the cast pieces that went up and over her back... I'm not a nurse or a vet tech, but in the middle of the night/morning, I'm trying to locate something to keep her away from the incision and stitches... I probably did a terrible job if appearances count, but I did manage to cover it all up with gauze and it lasted long enough for their offices to open, get Jayda in there and the area re-dressed...
He decided to remove some of the stitches --- maybe they were getting too tight and that's why she went after them? for she's left the entire area alone since the surgery... Jayda's body is so long that E-collars just don't work on her well... But Dr. Novy re-padded and re-dressed the leg again... We go back the last day of August to see where we're at and what the next step will be...
Jayda's puppies are almost weaned now (they turn 6 weeks on Sunday) and she's not only been an excellent mother throughout all of this, she's been the sweetest little girl ever... Everyone at Valley Vets is impressed with her easy going and pleasant nature... I can't wait to see her true personality once she no longer has a bum leg to tote around, four puppies to feed and worry about, plus a leg she can readily walk on!
But even BETTER news (like this wasn't enough?) is that Jayda has found great furever home parents... I got a voice message and returned the call, got to talking to the lady who asked what would happen to Jayda eventually and ended up stopping by their home with Jayda...
During our visit, Jayda fell asleep on their living room carpet (after John fixed her a tasty snackie of chicken! Oh my!)... When we got ready to leave, Jayda took a few steps, turned around and looked back at Dawn & John, then a few more steps, looked back again... And repeated this several times until we got to the truck to go home...
It was almost if she wanted to stay and didn't really know if she wanted to go with me... Jayda's been my shadow since day one and this was certainly out of the norm for her... Aren't dogs just the most AMAZING creatures??? :)
As long as I have been doing rescue, I don't think any dog's back story touched me more than Jayda's... More than once I've had people see me with Jayda, had already read about her story in the newspaper and expressed outright anger because of what occurred to her at the hands of humans... And when they meet her in person, see how absolutely sweet she is, it makes people even angrier about the whole series of inhumanity she's had to undergo...
Dawn and John came to the check-up appointment this week so they themselves could access what type of prognosis we were facing with Jayda and future rehabilitation/surgery needs... Once Jayda's pups are fully weaned, she will complete her recovery in Dawn's everloving arms and John's big heart... WAY TO GO, JAYDA~!!!
Once again, thank-you to everyone who helped save this dog's leg... It is very humbling to see the large amount of support and humanity being extended to one of God's gentle creatures like this!
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