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Went to see the specialist vet Dr Ryan in the morning w/ Lily. Turned out that triple pelvic osteotomy is not recommended. Lily's left hip joint is the worse of the two, but it has deteriorated into a state that TPO is not suitable. We could do the TPO on the right hip joint, but the left hip joint would remain a problem. TPO is best done on the worse hip joint, and at the same time preserving the better one. This is obviously not possible in Lily's case. The bottom line is that TPO is not going to help Lily very much.
We also discussed other options for Lily (sans putting her down.) The important point is that Lily is a house pet, and we would be reasonably happy as long as she is mobile and not in pain.
The logical thing to do then is to put her on medical treatment, keep her relatively lean, and wait and see. If her arthritis ever becomes so bad, we could always give her a femoral head and neck excision (FHE, which means to cut off the "ball" of her hip joint, a relatively inexpensive operation at ~HK$3K) which should relief her pain, which is caused by the bones at the hip joint rubbing against each other. Her legs would still be held together by cartilages (soft bones) and muscles.
Lily would have to go on a diet for adult dogs (i.e. less nutritious) in order to stay thin and lean. She would be on cartilage protective agents for the rest of her life. The right kind of exercise will also be important.
The moral is that, there is always hope.
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