To all our pet loving supporters and friends, we THANK YOU for your support in helping us SAVE MEG!
Meg had her surgery and is doing great! THANK YOU to all our supporters and donors for your kind and generous donations for Meg. Meg sends her love, happy licks, and thanks!!!!
Meg had her surgery at the Northboro VCA by Dr. Melissa Dudley and the staff, are ALWAYS so good to our Shelter and pets. Dr. Dudley does amazing work and has provided so many medical services for our special needs pets.
Meg was picked up by her soon-to-be forever family on Wednesday July 14th. They are going to be spending all summer with her, even skipping their vacation, to care for Meg and help her through her rehab. What a wonderful family!
From all of us at the Shelter, and from our little Meg, we thank YOU for making it possible for Meg to be the puppy she deserves to be.
Leigh Grady
Executive Director
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A Note from Meg's new forever family.
I'm happy to say, MEG is doing well and adjusting to her new home!
As planned, we all camped out on the living room floor last night (Meg, Lucky, Kevin and myself). I can't say I got quality sleep since Meg whines whenever one of us leaves the room, but that's okay, sleep is over-rated.
The physical therapist in Northboro said it was better to keep Meg moving and exercising vs. confined to a crate. Thus, she has not been in the crate AT ALL yet. Instead, we watch her like a hawk and don't leave her side. She's good about taking her meds and doing her exercises, but hates the ice packs! We're doing well to keep ice on her for 5 minutes at a time, but luckily there is no swelling. We may need to get a larger Elizabethan collar, as Meg has devised a way to reach her scar while wearing it (probably because she is so flexible and lanky). We don't allow her to get near the scar or pain patch, even though she is focused on doing so.
I must say, Meg is walking and prancing around very well on her "bad" leg. Being a puppy, she is determined to play with us whenever she can, but we're being careful about how much to allow. Meg loves mealtime! She and Lucky do well eating together and sharing toys. She is learning so fast and takes her cues from Lucky. She's a real love bug who is becoming very vocal!
Best,
Jeannie Cafarelli
THANK YOU for taking the time to learn more about our special little girl, Meg. With your support, we were able to have her surgery and help her run, play and be the puppy she deserves to be. From all the staff at our Shelter and most of all from Meg, big slurps, woofs and warm, wet puppy noses to you all.
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WHAT IS FEMORAL HEAD OSTEOCTOMY?
Femoral Head Ostectomy (FHO) is a surgical procedure that removes the femoral head and neck from the femur. FHO surgery is performed to alleviate pain. It is a salvage procedure, reserved for condition where pain can not be alleviated in any other way. It is common in veterinary surgery.
The procedure exposes the head section of the femur bone (the ball of the ball and socket joint), and then the head is removed using a small saw or a bone hammer and chisel. Rarely both sides are done in one operation,[3] most times one side is done and allowed to heal before the other side is done.
Unlike most other hip surgeries, the head of the femur is not replaced, but is allowed to heal and develop its own fibrous scar tissue so that the joint is no longer bone−to-bone, a pseudoarthrosis (also called a "false joint"). The neck of the femur is usually removed at the same time as the head. This prevents the post operative complication of bone rubbing on bone and continued pain. This has led to the procedure often also called "Femoral head and neck ostectomy".
Animals who have had FHO surgery are required to maintain a lower weight throughout their lives to compensate for the loss of skeletal integrity, and generally have less mobility than normal.
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