Brodie's 2 week check-up

First let me start by saying THANK YOU to all who have already donated to help with Brodie's surgery, we all appreciate it very much. Brodie is doing wonderfully. In fact, I truly don't think he even realizes that he has a leg that has been re-broken and 2 pins through his leg. I am so proud of Brodie and how he is taking this very difficult surgery.
About 1 week or so after his surgery, we started to notice that when he applied weight to his leg, it would still bow out to the right, much like it did prior to the surgery. Our concerns were that either the bone wasn't healing properly or that Brodie may have bent one of the pins in his leg.
Yesterday Brodie spent the day at Dr. Monce's office so he could check him over and see what was going on with the leg. He snapped some xrays, changed Brodie's bandages on his brace and even removed the staples from the incision. When I picked up Brodie last night, I spoke with Dr. Monce and he was very pleased with Brodie's progress. The xrays showed that the bone is still as straight as it was following the surgery. He believes that the ligaments in Brodie's lower leg are likely stretched from his leg being at such a crazy angle prior to the surgery. Otherwise it's GREAT news to hear that Brodie's recovery is going just as we all had hoped. Dr. Monce is going to discuss Brodie's case with the vets at NC State University who have a top notch vet program to see what we will do with the stretched ligaments. He said Broide may just need some physical therapy to help tighten the ligament, possibly a splint of some kind or they may go in and staple the ligament to tighten it so his leg is completely straight again. These are some things we will consider as his progress and recovery continues.
Stephanie and I have had Brodie for about 3 weeks now. This is truly one special little guy. He has gone through this surgery like it was nothing. He is getting to the point now where he can spend time with the other dogs and his face just lights up when he sees them. We still have to be very careful that he doesn't go running and jumping off the furniture but he is at least able to socialize again with the other dogs. It was hard at first having to keep him in his crate so much of the time but it is so important that the leg has a chance to heal and it seems as though it is. I will get some new photos of Brodie up this weekend so be sure to check back and see how well this great little guy is doing!