We are normally so careful about not leaving Beatrice on the sofa when we are not there,however we are both guilty of getting up and running to the kitchen or up or downstairs for a minute while she is lying peacefully on the sofa.Saturday morning wile I was at work Denis, my partner was on the sofa with her.He got up and ran downstairs to bring something back up.When he got up to the living room she was standing up wagging her tail and whimpering with excitement at seeing him.He told her to stay , but it was too late,she jumped from One sofa to the other and then jumped off to land on the floor.I guess when she landed she was screeching and wailing,poor thing and poor Denis.He felt so bad , he wasn't sure if she broke anything or not so he put her in her xpen and called the vet. The vet asked him to get her to walk...I guess when she tried it was on 3 legs and she was sreeching in pain.Denis was so upset and the vets told him to get her in asap.He got a cab and got right over there.
They x-rayed her and discovered she had fractured the 2 bones just above her right paw,they are clean breaks....pretty serious and that she would need surgery.They bandaged her and administerd pain medication.We went to visit her later that day and she seemed comfortable and very happy to see us.They kept her for the night and called us in the morning to let us know that we could take her home until Tuesday when we will have to bring her back for the surgery.So she is home with us now,quite happily I must add.The only problem is getting her to take her pain killers,they are in a capsule and last night we put the whole capsule in peanut butter,but she seemed to have a hard time getting it down.This morning we decided to open it and mix it with the P.B. but I I guess it tastes horrible because she wouldn't eat it.I tried mixing it with all kinds of things that she likes,but I think it taints whatever you mix it with.So we opened a capsule and mixed it with a little water and gave it to her with a siringe...boy, she didn't like that, but at least she took it.
The vets tell us that she will recover completely, and that she'll be just as active as she was before. I guess she has youth on her side.
So, a major lesson learned..........We'll never leave her unattended on the sofa or the bed.Even for a few seconds, we'll put her on the floor or in her pen.
