I have a very small yorkie named chico, he is a little less then 3lbs. 2 weeks ago he jumped out of my arms and broke his front leg. When this first happened i fell apart because I never had a animal who hurt them self before, it broke my heart to see my little guy in so much pain. About two minutes after the incident we rushed him to the closest animal hospital. While I was in the wating room crying my eyes out, I got talking to a lady who had a small dog(maltease) she had a simalar problem whith her dog. Her dog had a broken leg as well and had a little splint on, her dog was healing very well. The vet x-rayed chico 8 times at $160 a x-ray then kept him over night so he could put chico to sleep in the morning so they could try to realign his leg and put in in a splint. The vet gave me two options; put a splint on and it might not heal 100% straight, but it will still heal or get a $4500 surgery to put some wire inside the leg to help the healing process but that option was not 100% either. I am a college student in tons of debt so I had to make the option of getting the splint since this visit had already cost me quite a bit of cash. Little Chico seemed to be doing very well at home normal with no signs of pain.
I have to take the little guy to the hospital every week to get his cast changed. The first week I took him to get his cast changed I had a different vet then the origanal doctor from the first visit. This vet said very little to me as I expected because it had only been one week since the accident. Now this is week two gettting the cast changed, yet a new doctor with some shocking news. The week two hospital doctor said that there was no way his leg would heal, that he would have to get a surgery where they put metal plates and screws in his leg. Not only do I not want the poor dog to have to live with metal plates and screws in his leg, I also do not have the thousands of dollars to pay for this. Do these vets know what their doing? Are they just trying to make money off me? Why are they giving me so many different answers? The hospital is at
www.beachesanimalhospital.com I would love to hear your stories about broken legs and comments. If the dog truley needs the surgry I will find a way even if I have to get a second job. I would also appreciate if anyone knows any animial surgery places in Toronto, Ontario that cater to studets or people who don't have alot of money. Thanks for reading
