This photo is from Mar Sei Ceramics. Has anyone achieved a similar look in their pottery and have a glaze combo they are willing to share? Interested in achieving such a light color on a dark glaze like this. Thanks!!
Long post but I’ll try to be brief. My kitty is 9 years old, indoor only, and a little overweight.
March 1st we get home from a vacation and she is fine, but within an hour of being home something happened (we have no idea what) but suddenly she can no longer put weight on the right leg.
We take her to the vet and she’s X-rayed. They see bone fragments broken off in the ankle.
We take her to the orthopedic surgeon and he diagnoses her with an avulsion fracture on the right side: so when the achilles tore, it took some bone with it. He recommends surgery right away for her, but also tells us he looked at the left side, could feel scar tissue buildup, and has suspicions that her left ACL is torn too. This was confirmed with imaging.
Given the scar tissue buildup, the surgeon hypothesized that she tore the ACL months ago and we had no idea. She then spent so many months compensating for her lameness that she put too much strain on the right, causing the Achilles rupture. We have never noticed a severe limp from her before, so I can’t imagine when this ACL tear happened or how. But looking back on it now, she has grown to be SIGNIFICANTLY less active and playful in recent months/years, but I attributed that to her aging, moving apartments, etc. she also has gained weight in response to this and is now slightly overweight (12.8lbs) now I’m wondering if all that time she’s just been hurt…
Anywho, we proceeded with the Achilles repair first and are now approaching three months post-op. Here’s where I need advice:
we have to decide on whether or not we do the ACL surgery. And I have SO many concerns:
This Achilles recovery has been extremely mentally, physically, and emotionally challenging. I do not want to start over again. However, the Achilles heals so slowly and the doctor draws on a study done that shows 60% healing at 9 months. The catch 22 is that the doctor also tells us the longer we wait to do the ACL, the more cartilage loss she will experience and there’s nothing they can do to fix that. So IF we operate on the ACL, we have to find a sweet spot between waiting until her Achilles is healed enough to support her whole weight, but not waiting too long to where the cartilage loss is severe, especially considering her weight. If she were your patient, what would you do?
We’ve been leaning towards surgery because we have been thinking that if her lameness in her ACL was so bad that it caused her Achilles to rupture it must be pretty significant. That being said, her ACL went untreated and undiagnosed so that’s probably why it was so stressful on her other leg. I’ve been reading online about a lot people not getting surgery and the scar tissue stabilizing the leg. She’s definitely got the scar tissue formed already and we don’t notice a limp on that side (we never did). Would you recommend surgery, or not?
Because of her age I worry about the stress anesthesia puts on her body. However I also feel like she has many many years of life left in her and I’m struggling to decide if the suffering/stress put on her and her body from the surgery outweighs the positives of having the leg in full strength, or if it’s worth it. What are your thoughts?
I love her so much and just want to make the best decisions for her to live the happiest and healthiest life she can have. Money is not an object here so feel free to recommend anything you think she needs (pet insurance saved us!)
Any advice would be amazing. Thank you!!! 🙏
I am a prospective genetic counseling student and I wanted to ask how others secured opportunities to shadow genetic counselors?
For context, I have a degree in neuroscience and have been very confused about which role in healthcare fits my interests best. I’ve always been interested in genetic counseling, but I’ve had a really hard time coming by one to shadow. I live in Colorado, and I tried to use the national Society of genetics counselor‘s website to reach out to genetic counselors who said they were willing to talk to students, but I haven’t heard replies from anyone. I would really like and value the opportunity to see a genetic counselor at work before making the decision.
Any advice?