We're done with Bear's surgery consultation...

We're done with Bear's surgery consultation. It's not good news.

His knees are bad; the right one is worse. His ACL might even be affected, but we won't know for sure until the day of surgery. He also has very evident arthritis and hip dysplasia. He's not even 18 months old! 🙁

We knew he was in pain, but we didn't know how bad things were. He almost never sits. He spins around until he's laying down. He obviously compensates for his hind end with his front. His gait is very stiff like he's already an old man.

So, surgery is scheduled for May 7th. We're doing both knees at once. It will keep him from having to recover from 2 separate surgeries and also save us a little bit of money. We're looking at $6000-7500 depending on the ACL and whether he needs an extra day in the hospital, but we adopted him knowing this was a possibility so it's fine. We'll deal with his hips after his knees because the knees are in worse shape and probably a larger source of his pain.

Here is our boy being completely unamused with this day. That's the grumpiest window-looking I've ever seen. 😂