Bear’s second TPLO surgery is Monday, 3/11/2013.

All is ready here at Chez Beardog.

I did make a bit of a change in the recuperative suite.

The “mattress” from last round was rather tall and made me a bit anxious so for this round, I procured a foam mattress topper with a mere 3 inches of height.

The topper is the same brand I have on my own sleeping system and after the foam expanded, I laid down upon it and was VERY impressed with how comfy just the foam on the floor was. I hoped that Bear felt the same.

Ok.

Lookin’ good!

Huh???

Oh, dear!

???

Whatever.

***Srlsy…WE are in good shape for surgery v2.0. A little different this round as our new vet, Dr. Clark, is the surgeon and his anesthetic/pain protocol is different than the first TPLO. Bear will have a spinal epidural vs morphine. I am in agreement with Dr. Clark for this protocol although it means that Bear stays overnight…but since Dr. C’s clinic is not staffed overnight, I will transport Bear to the local ER for the overnight. I have met with the ER staff at the overnight clinic. Dr. C has done this handoff previously, i.e. all is set for the transition. I am very happy with how all is to be handled. I hope to be able to post surgery outcome late afternoon of 3/11 and have Bear home with Bob and me by very early (8:00 a.m. or sooner) 3/12.