I am so sorry to hear about China....poor girl. We just found out our new rescue has torn his as well. They first thought it was arthritis but we took him back a week later because he still would not put his foot down and another doctor checked his "drawer" sign and said it was actually a torn ACL. So we are preparing for surgery.
We just recently bought a crate and are trying to get him used to staying in it before he basically has to stay in it all the time after the surgery. He seems to like it and goes in and lays down on his own. He just seems to get a little nervous if we close the door.
I have never heard of the cartophen injections. I wonder if it's something like Adequan. We were going to start Adequan injections until we found out it was a torn ACL. I also have been checking out the braces that moondog suggested. They are very expensive
, but it might be worth it if it will keep some of the weight off the opposite leg to keep that ACL from tearing as well while the bad leg is healing.
I hope the cartophen injections work for your girl. Bless her heart, she must be miserable with her leg and now she has to diet too. I'm sure they hate dieting as much as we do.
