Update on Chalupa - broken jaw boy!!
Well, little Chalupa went in for his jaw-repair surgery on Friday, August 7. I received a call from Dr. Beale late that afternoon. Interesting news. Evidently the jaw has been broken for some time - there is a significant amount of arthritis and bone deterioration at the joint where the bottom and top jaw bones hook together. I have a copy of the CT scan, but forgot it at work. I'll try to capture some relevant images tomorrow and repost here.
But, long story short, the jaw joint cannot be fixed.
Now to plan B - he is now scheduled for a different surgery in which the arthritic ends of the mandible will be removed - thereby making it much more functional and much more comfortable for Chalupa.
Unfortunately, his surgery is on hold for a week or two because he now has kennel cough.
And, we still need to raise a lot of funds for him. We're going to hit the upper end of the $4200 estimate because they had to do a CT scan of his jaw.
Right now, we have $1750 in his fund through the weekend. So, I'm kind of glad for the delay. I can tell you, with Claude to worry about this weekend, I didn't have the emotional energy to think about Chalupa.
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