▲ 193 r/husky
Has she been working out?
Suffered a really bad ankle fracture and had to send her to live with family for a couple of months. She came back looking like this! What has she been eating/doing?!
Edit: this post was supposed to be ironic, but to counter the judgmental replies - she was already a very fit pup, but as a pup (she’s now 14m), their bodies change rapidly. From the day I adopted her, she has been and will remain my world. She is well fed, exercised and loves her life. Take your negativity elsewhere.
u/BeautifulAd9562 — 28 days ago
▲ 50 r/husky
Missing my girl…
I broke my ankle 7 weeks ago and had to send her to live with family until I can walk again. Feel terrible about that, but its the best thing for us both long term; shes being loved and very well looked after and still mostly has her routine (doggy day care especially, which she loves!).
I miss her incredibly, but the one thing I can’t shake from my mind is whether me seeing her and her coming home to visit is making it worse for her. She gets crazy excited and loves being back home - settles right back into her little routine. But, apparently she doesn’t eat properly for a couple of days afterwards.
Wondering if anyone has any learned thoughts on whether I should go cold turkey and cut her off, so to speak, until she can come home permanently.
u/BeautifulAd9562 — 1 month ago
▲ 6 r/brokenankles
Hello! First post here so please go easy!
I have my first post ORIF appointment tomorrow and whilst I am looking forward to seeing how the immediate recovery from surgery is going, my thoughts keep straying to the longer recovery period I am told to expect and, the inevitable adverse effect this injury is going have on my life long term. I’ve always been very active and prior to the injury, walked around 10k most days with my beloved husky.
The day of the injury was insane. It happened whilst walking the dog on the beach. Managed to get myself up over the 30 foot sea wall and back to my car (about half a mile away) and drove myself to work, with the dog periodically licking my face - she knew something very wrong was up. I don’t know how I did that, or what I was thinking at the time; should have just called an ambulance.
Had ORIF two weeks later. The Op was apparently uneventful and I stopped pain meds 36-48hrs afterwards. Haven’t felt the need for them since, which is very encouraging for what this injury means for the future.
Now the bad part: I live alone and have had to give my dog to family whilst I recover. Missing her has been the hardest thing, but in some ways kept me going. Since this happened, it has felt as though my life and, to a lesser extent my career are hanging by a thread. I’ve had some strange thoughts. Almost no good thoughts. Being stuck at home, missing my dog and everything else in my life is seriously messing with my mind.
I would love to hear how some of you coped with the none-weight bearing phase of recovery and immediately afterwards.
P.S. Thanks for reading my story. Typing this was a little cathartic. Thanks also for any advice/comments. Hope anyone else in this position has the best recovery their situation allows.
u/BeautifulAd9562 — 2 months ago