Well if you know anything about me you know I love animals especially my little puppy Coco. Coco is more like a child than a pet and the fact that he is probably bigger around than he is tall is proof of how spoiled he is. So when Coco started showing signs of pain in his back legs a couple weeks ago I was very distraught. He started having problems jumping in the car or up on the bed. He also didn’t want to go up stairs and he started to loose his energy. Of course as a worried mom I jumped online and started doing research

My possible self diagnoses included limes disease, hip problems and a slipped disk in his back. None of which are cheap. Rather than rush into the vet I decided to monitor him over the next few days. I even gave him a children’s dose of aspirin which seemed to help but he continued to get worse. So we finally went to the vet and after about $600 worth of tests we have a diagnoses. Of course my diagnoses was wrong. He has torn his ACL in his back left knee. The Irony behind this story is I have a torn ACL as well and I’m scheduled to have surgery next month. Coco’s vet recommends he also have surgery next month. What are the odds of that? Of course since I have health insurance my surgery will cost a lot less than his. Go figure.