Hello all,

Thank you for your good thougths and prayers. They seemed to have helped. Madison came out of surgery about 2:00 CST and was doing well. Breathing on her own and very groggy, but doing well. She is ICU thru tomorrow just to make sure no breathing problems develop. They have her in an oxygen cage right now. We are going to go see her in about an hour. I can't wait just to make sure with my own eyes she's fine! It sure is quiet around the house without her snorts and snoring while she sleeps! Oh, how I miss her! But the vet said that as long as we continue to do well thru the night, she can come home tomorrow.

The surgery ended up being a lot more extensive than anticipated. To fix the luxated patella the made the groove in the bone deeper, released the tendon on the opposite side a little, and they had to fracture her tibia (long bone below patella) and realign it and insert pins to keep it there. So, she probably won't be walking on her own for a few days...we'll be carrying the little princess. They ended up having her under for so long, they decided to put in staples instead of stitches, to save time and wake her up sooner. So, the recovery time will be a little longer, but the hard part is over! We woke up breathing on our own!!!!! No swelling in the throat or anything! So, we are definitely counting our blessings here!

Thanks for all your prayers and support. I will keep you updated on how she's doing once we see her and get her home. I'm going to have a tough time sleeping toinght without her snoring at my feet!!!

I am so glad to have found this board and cannot thank each and every one of you who has been there for us during all of this!

Have a great day and I'll update as soon as I know a little more! I'm fixing to leave in a little bit to go see the princess! Yeah!

Thanks again,
Kristen & Madison