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To: lorrie coey who wrote (60146)	9/15/1999 12:39:00 PM
From: MulhollandDrive	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

lorrie, Milo is only 1 year old, but he's a very "chunky" guy, so I think when he fell, those little bones just couldn't handle the weight of his body. He's a muscular looking cat though, not fat. I consulted again with his regular vet this a.m. and she plans to go to the ortho vet this afternoon and review his x-rays with him. Truthfully, I'm leaning towards holding off on the surgery since it's been over 3 weeks since the injury. From what I understand the surgery can be done at any time, but is usually preferable at the time of the injury before any inflammation and scarring. Since we've already missed that window of opportunity, I may see how he does letting nature take it's course. If he seems to recover enough and appears not to be in pain, my feeling is "let him be". The surgery involves making an incision across the hips and excising the femoral head of each leg. So he will no longer have the "ball in socket" type of hip joint, more like your shoulder joint. The vet told me the recovery is about 2 weeks and the first week he needs almost constant supervision. He would have to be carried to his food, litter, etc. That kind of thing just makes me cringe.... so I don't want him to go thru the trauma of surgery if there is ANY chance that he may recover well enough on his own. But I will definitely go with the surgery if I think he will be in continuous pain. We're giving him oral steroids to help with the inflammation and pain. Plus everyone in the building has to come in and pet him at least once a day. <g> Most of the time he seems comfortable, he just cries when he stands up, so he spends most of his day lounging. My vet is going to call me this afternoon and tell me if the ortho vet disagrees with me. bp