Oh no TPLO

So it's confirmed. Cedar our 5 year old yellow lab needs TPLO. We have no idea what actually caused the injury but he has been limping on and off for a year and pretty consistantly for the last couple of months so it seems like time. I am really dreading the surgery and recovery but since Cedar is such a big young energetic dog it's really the only choice. It has been a long time for him of leash walks, no fetch and no playing on the beach which just makes labs sad.