Poor Cooper

Last Sunday we went for a drive to Joe's Valley. Deer were everywhere. We had just turned around to come home and Cooper couldn't take it anymore. He jumped out after a herd of deer. We took him to the vet and they took x-rays. You could see where his feemer bone had broken clean apart and then slipped down. The first set of x-rays looked like he had smashed his hip and pelvis as well. When the vet did surgery the pelvis was just fractured and it would heal on it's own.

He had surgery on Thursday, April 17, and is doing really well. He is a trooper. He doesn't use that leg much and I can tell when the pain pills wear off. He doesn't get up much at all. He has to be crated in a pet porter other than to take short walks. He very much wants to run and jump.

Jess was very glad to see him. She wasn't sure where he was during his four-day vet stay. I don't think she was sure it was him. Before he went he had a long, warm coat. They shaved it all off. We didn't even recognize him when we went to visit the day of the surgery. But, I think he looks cute - off course I am biased.