We’ve brought Gidget home after her x-rays. The news is pretty bad, but not catastrophic. She doesn’t only have one luxating patella, but two, as well as bilateral hip dysplasia and arthritis. She’s only 5½! So… she needs to go in for surgery in two Thursdays' time, and until then we’ve... www.jayeless.net

@jayeless Poor Gidget, that’s terrible. Not easy for you either.

@artkavanagh Yeah, Gidget must have been hiding what she’s going through so well. Every vet appointment before last month, they’d just gush about how healthy she was – all of this is a big shock.

@jayeless Poor Gidget. She is lucky she has such loving and capable carers.

@jayeless Poor Gidget! Animals can be very good at hiding pain and sickness to not come off as weak to other animals. I’m sorry you have this on your shoulders. Here’s to hoping the vet will get her as good as possible!

@jayeless Ohhh, little Gidget!!!!!

@pimoore @jean @odd @jemostrom @Miraz Thanks for the support everyone. We’re definitely gonna do our best for her, and are hoping all these treatments will make her feel better.

@maique Thank you! And absolutely, whatever we can do for her, we will.