Brutus The Great Update!

Ok, here is a much awaited update on our little trooper Brutus!!! Sorry I havent gotten on here sooner to update you all on him, but its been a busy week!! Bruttie had surgery on Thursday, which went beautifully, thanks to Dr. Garrolini our surgeon at the Los Posas vet, it took awhile longer than expected, 4.5 hours!!! But they felt confident in the work they did to repair his leg! Brutus has a rather big metal plate in his leg, with 7 screws and a rod, quite the little machine! The doctor told us he spent more time cutting away the bad bone growth than repairing the bone! Yikes! I am glad we were able to get him in soon enough! Mike and I were able to see him on Friday morning, and he was very very groggy and unsteady on his feet. Then, we picked him up yesterday around 4 to bring him home. We've got quite the task ahead of us to get our little man rehabilitated! He's on about 3 months of modified bed rest, with gentle leash walking around the house and backyard to use the restroom, which is so sad to watch him try and do. He cannot bear almost any weight at all on his leg, and its hyperextended because they have to stretch the tendons and ligaments over the repaired bone, so he isnt able to bend or stretch his leg, and I am doing passive range of motion to get things stretched, a little at a time. We are also doing massaging around his ankle because of the edema (swelling) that is happening because of circulation! *deep breath!* His whole leg is pretty swollen, and he is in some pain. We are also giving him 3 types of pain meds, icing the incision site twice a day, and heating the ankle twice a day too. Lots of work and TLC is going into our little man, but our favorite part of the care taking is cuddling on the couch with him which we are doing as I type this. Daddy and boy are cuddling watching their Sunday NFL while I have some frozen peas on his little leg. We have a follow up appointment in two weeks for some more x-rays and an overall check of how he is healing up! Keep us in prayer! Thanks again for all your prayers and well wishes!!!



Here are some pictures of our little trooper:

Momma and the baby boy cuddling on the couch!

And Daddy and Brutus watching NFL!

Here is the little boy's ouchie!