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Originally Posted by cynsir  I've been reading the posts in this area and I see how caring everyone is, so I thought I would tell you about my baby Max. Max turned 1 yr on the 31st of March. On the 28th of December Maxie thought he was a big boy (he only weighs 3 pounds) and jumped off the couch and broke his right leg. We went to the vet the next day and she set his leg and put it in a cast. On the 30th, I put him on my bed so I could take a shower. I got done and found him sitting on the floor with his left leg broken. Off to the vet we went and had his leg put in a cast. Three weeks later, the vet wanted to do a cast change and discovered that Max had gangerine on his right foot. Throughout the past 4 months, Max had weekly bandage changes and his legs never healed. What do you do, deal with the gangerine that already cost him 2 toes and pads or the broken legs. We tried to do both and failed at getting both breaks healed. So now the scabs from the gangerine have finally fallen off but he still has the broken legs. I went to another Vet who specializes in small dogs and he told me that he would have to put pins in the sides of his leg bones and then put an appliance to tighten up the breaks. I'm guessing that he'll be in casts/bandages for most of the summer. The only thing that's holding me back the cost $2500 and the fear that this won't work and I'm causing him additional pain for nothing.  |
OMG, this hits so close to home. I just got home today with Chase. He is a little 3 pound boy who hurt his leg back in March. I took him to the vet right away and the vet did x-rays. He found no broken bones and diagnosed him with soft tissue damage. He did get some better but never healed completely. I took him in last week to get him x-rayed again and this time my vet (not the same as the first one) discovered that his leg had been broken all along. I got a referral to a really great clinic in Louisiana and had him looked at. They did surgery on Thursday to try and fix the leg. Due to the time since the break, there was too much deterioration of bone and they had to amputate his leg. I am DEVASTATED with this and feel terrible.
I don't know what to say to you exactly since every case is different. I can tell you that, depending on the break, the bone could not heal and may be un-repairable over time. Without some repair, Max is likely to have problems down the road.
My only advice to you would be to find the absolute best doctor you can and get him treated promptly. I
melted 2 credit cards in an attempt to save Chase's leg. Though it wasn't successful, I don't regret the expense one bit.
I just got Chase home today and he's doing well, all things considered. Speaking as someone going through this right now, I wouldn't wish it on anyone. I hope you can get the care Max needs before the situation gets worse. I'll keep you both in my prayers...Jim