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Originally Posted by JeanieK  Wow that was expensive. My tiny one broke her elbow by falling off a step onto the patio. She fell 10 inches. My vet did surgery to put a pin in it. and it cost $700. That included the overnight stay and the antibiotics and pain meds. |
I know, it was terribly expensive. I've attached a pic of the type of break that Missy had. It was her right lateral condyl. She needed a 3mm screw and a pin to put it back in place. My regular vet was not comfortable performing the surgery herself, because of Missy's small size and the type of break she had, so she sent us to a specialist at Canada West Vet Specialist
Canada West Veterinary Specialists & Critical Care Hospital
I've attached a copy of my bill. It has the high and low quote on it. I ended up paying 3,300 BUT on top of that I had to pay $75 X 2 for bandage changes, and had already paid for 2 seperate vet visits and xrays to be done at the emergency vet and my regular vet (plus pain meds), both of those vet bills were over $100. So in the end, I actually paid more than 3,500 for that broken elbow, but she's worth a MILLION to me
