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My fully trained service dog made a mistake the other day and I feel so bad. I know mistakes happen and it’s probably ok but still. We were at a coffee shop that we go to often and I didn’t have her vest on because I had forgotten it in my car which was in the shop. (Side note: shout out to the coffee shop for handling that perfectly, I was worried about access without her vest but they just came up, asked the 2 legally allowed questions, and said “ok! Sounds good” and let me on my way then she went to educate her staff member about the rules with service dogs!) Anyways, at some point while I was there, someone came in with their service dog, and my service dog stayed down like she was supposed to but growled at this other service dog. They glared at me each time they passed by, very rightfully so, but she never did growl again. In all her years as a service dog, she has never once done this, and stays completely focused, still, and quiet when there’s other dogs around including barking dogs. My main theories as to why she did this is

A. She didn’t have her vest on so maybe she didn’t think she needed to be “in work mode” but I’ve taken her without her vest before and also trained her well enough that with or without the vest she behaves the same so I really don’t think that’s it.

B. More likely, I had been in the hospital that weekend and couldn’t find anyone to watch her so she came with me for the first time (she did perfect) but I’m sure it was a bit overstimulating plus with me having so many episodes, her poor nose was working overtime. And I was still flaring really really bad that day and she had been actively alerting and tasking, so I’m guessing she was just a bit on edge and in “protect mom at all costs” mode.

Still, she should not have done that and I feel so bad about it.

Hi everyone. Long post but I beg you to read the whole thing and offer any advice!!!

I have had an exceptionally annoying right wrist injury for 1 1/2 years now. Started as a fully torn TFCC in the central portion, and 1/3 parts of my SLL was fully torn, other 2 parts were in tact. We tried bracing, a cortisone shot, and PT, none of it worked. Then in April I was in a car accident, and made the central TFCC full tear worse, and added a partial tear to the foveal portion of my TFCC. We did surgery in August, where the TFCC was deemed irreparable due to the severity of damage and the central location not having good blood flow, but they debrided all 3 tears and were hopeful it would help. It did not, and in early November I accidentally hit the back of that hand so hard against a chair that I subluxed the capsule of my lunate bone, so I had to have that popped back into place. That incident ended up making the SLL tear significantly worse, to the point where now it’s almost completely torn with only a few fibers of 1 of the 3 parts still intact. Treatment for that would be a ligament reconstruction but since I have Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, I am not a candidate for that. So I’m left with 3 permanent torn ligaments in my wrist.

To add to that, my ulna is 4.3 mm longer than my radius causing ulnar abutment syndrome. My surgeon said it’s pretty much crushing the central TFCC tear with all movement or pressure. So I’m scheduled for an Ulnar Shortening Osteotomy on May 12. He said it should reduce the pressure on my TFCC by about 40%. My first surgeon didn’t want to do it yet because he wasn’t for sure if that was the cause of my pain but this 2nd surgeon did a special X-ray (pictured) and assessment and it’s most certainly increasing my pain.

My questions:

Has anyone had a USO? If so, what should I expect? Any tips?
With the 3 permanent tears, how likely do you think it is that I’ll actually get considerable relief after surgery?
Is there truly nothing more out there that they can do for the tears?

Thanks in advanced. I’m a gymnast, so getting back to that someday would be my dream but that’s likely out of the picture, at least for now considering I can’t put any weight on it.

Mistake

Right Wrist Injury