After Bacio took fell down the stairs on Wednesday morning, I started panicking about whether or not he set back his FHO recovery, tore a ligament or injured something in anyway. So many folks tried to keep me calm, telling me to wait a day or two, that maybe he was just sore from the fall. Unfortunately, I didn’t see any improvement the following day, and contacted a vet friend. His advice was to get him checked out just in case.
Today we stopped back in at Fox Lake Animal Hospital to have him examined. The vet felt no tears in his knee or around his hip, Yay! But he probably did injure himself in the fall and will take extra time to let the impact heal. His prescription is more pain killers and cuddles, and no more stairs! We’ll go back in 2 weeks to get him looked at one more time. I’m taking it day by day. I will probably have to pull out a sewing kit to fashion a sling to hold his back end up when I do take him down the stairs. I am also going to start seeking out physical therapy options for him.
He’s been a sleeping most the day, and staying quiet. I took Yuki out in the snow… she loves that stuff. I let her run a bit and then just left her outside. She didn’t want to come in. Photos of the snowdog:
