Buster Buster and the Vet Stem "Fun"

So our eldest dog Buster is 12 years old and will be 13 in October. He has Osteoarthritis in his back hips and so after some research I saw some advertising on the vet-stem procedure. So I did some further research and we took the information to our veterinarian and he looked over the material contacted the company and became certified in the treatment.



So last October we had Buster put under for the treatment. The treatment harvests the fat cells of your animal and processes them in their lab out in California and sends them back and the Dr. who then injects the samples into his hips and into his blood stream.



Initially they harvested enough fat cells for four vials of goodie and one retention sample. On the injection day they shot each hip with one vial, then they also injected his blood stream with another vial. This was all in the process of three days.



There is a lot we learned in this process first of all don't do it for vanity. George chose his stomach instead of his shoulders to retrieve fat from because he didn't want him be shaved on his shoulders, well he can't lick his shoulders but he can lick his stomach, so after much stress we finally got to the point where we bought diapers so the healing wouldn't be so draining on all of us.



We woke up two weeks ago this coming Wednesday and Buster had a steady limp and could hardly walk. So of course we took him to the vet and the Dr. said it just might be time to inject that last vial. We thought about it for a day and went ahead and proceeded with the last vial.



It's nearly been a week and he is doing remarkably better now the Dr. advised that we would not see a significant change for about 30 days. However I have to say there has been a significant difference and I think there will continue to be...maybe that's because I like to look at life with the glass half full instead of empty, or it's because I hope there is more good to come.



Buster is just the best dog, he has the greatest personality and truly a loving spirit. But all the same he still his is own dog. It will be a very sad day when there is no more Buster in our daily life but he will truly live on in our hearts forever.