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On February 25th Sundance went to WVRC in Grafton
and had his Femoral
Head and Neck Excision (Femoral Head Ostectomy -
FHO) surgery. This is an extensive surgery. When the
surgeon went in he saw that Sundance had to have
more bone scraped and removed than originally
thought in order to get the ball and socket joint to
fit properly. This had to be done to give Sundance
the best opportunity for living his life pain free.
The staff took wonderful care of him and once again
told us what a sweet and loving boy he is.
After an overnight stay, his incredible foster,
Ashtyn, picked him up to give him some extra TLC and
much needed rest. He needed that love and care
because starting the next day his road to recovery
began.
Sundance is currently spending a lot of time doing
his exercises. When he's done Ashtyn has to ice him
to help keep any swelling down. Right now he is
doing so much work in at-home physical therapy. Soon
he'll be able to start more intensive physical
therapy which includes hydro therapy. Every day he
gets stronger. When he first came home just sitting
and laying down was hard but his foster parents
helped him and now he can do it himself. Sundance is
also learning to trust his left leg and hip again by
putting more weight on it.
It sure has been a scary road for this brave boy but
he tackles all of it with the sweetness and
determination that is Sundance. He knows that he has
not only Tailwaggers and his foster parents
supporting him, but all of our TW911 family and
friends, too. With all of you believing in Sundance,
there isn’t anything he can’t do! He just might be
the Usain Bolt of the dog world!
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