Happi spent the day at the orthopedic specialist getting tests run on her wrist. Since Happi is three legged, she relies heavily on her front leg.
The ride to the orthopedic office Happi was very stressed out. Usually both dogs go together. I left Lucky home and Happi as very anxious in the car. She was crying and whining the whole way. S.he was fine once we got there.
I came back at 2:30 to pick her up and the doctor wanted to speak with me. The doctor asked me a lot of questions like: how long has her wrist been like this? I brought up photos. Do you think the pain was her back? How clingy was she acting?
The doctor feels like the pain Happi was having was a pinched nerve in her back and not in her leg. He thinks her wrist has probably been like this for years or at least since she was hit by the car and they removed her leg 11 years ago. He thinks she was injured then and she has adapted over the years. Over the years her wrist has just gotten more weak. He ordered the woman who makes prosthetics to make Happi a cuff to wear on her wrist to give her support. We pick it up next week.
We have a plan of pain killers and time over which she starts to go on short walks and then longer walks.
Until tomorrow...
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