Mele's last blog entry, two months after a double hip replacement: "I took Mele for her two month checkup and follow up x-rays about two week ago. Everything looks great and we have been allowing her a lot more freedom. She can go potty by herself and she is having a lot more supervised playtime with her friends. I have also formally adopted her!, as of my birthday March 14th and have officially changed her name. Her name is now Daisy-Mayhem(and actually has been for quite a while) and if you ever see her roaring through the house swinging her squeaky toy from side to side you would appreciate how well the name fits."
Jake, an 11-year-old yellow Labrador retriever, was the first dog in the Midwest and only the 11th in the world to undergo surgery for a new, cementless elbow prosthesis last April. The procedure, done at MSU's Veterinary Teaching Hospital by a veterinary orthopedic surgeon , has left Jake pain-free from elbow arthritis.