She always wants to come downstairs with me when I take my pug dog Tang out to pee. So, I picked them up one under each arm and carried them downstairs. My pug dog has spondalitis, so she can't do the stairs on her own. All was fine, until I carried them back upstairs. I put my pug down, then when I went to put Missy down on the carpet at the top of the stairs she kind of leaped out of my hand just as she was almost at the carpet level (maybe 3 inches off the ground). She's done this many times before, and is quite the jumper (can almost get up onto the couch), but this time she kind of landed wrong with all her weight on her right front leg and it was enough to seriously hurt her. She was yelping like crazy, I just knew something was wrong. So I did a little check to see if she could move it at all. Any time I touched it she freaked out, even though I was being very gentle. I grabbed my phone booked, flipped to the yellow pages, found the closest vet to me that was open on a Sunday and BEGGED them to see her immediately. I grabbed my wallet, hopped in the car, and off we went. I had her in the examination room less than 15 mins after she got hurt. The vet examined her and suspects that it's likely not fractured, but the only way to tell is by putting her under anaesthetic and doing an xray. He is a bit hesitant to put her under anaesthic for an xray because of her size, and also because he suspects it likely isn't fractured. He felt it was OK to give her a shot of pain medication and let her rest until tomorrow, and just see if she starts to use it a bit by tomorrow. If she's not any better we will do xrays tomorrow and treat whatever is wrong. He also gave me pain medication to bring home for her to have for the next few days if the xrays end up being unnecessary. He said whether it's a sprain/strain or worse, it will take a good couple of weeks to heal.
My poor baby. I feel SO bad
This is just a sad reminder of how incredibly fragile these tiny ones are. I just hope she feels better soon.