I just read about little Pixie, Belle and I haven't been on YT for awhile but we are sending prayers and puppy kisses to Pixie and her mommy. When Belle was 4 months old at 2 pounds she somehow rolled over on a pillow and must have landed wrong on her back leg. She cried so painfully I couldn't stand it so we called our vet at 7pm and she met us at the clinic. It's a small town so they don't have emergency vets. She looked at Belle for about 10 minutes and said "she must have done something to her leg."
Okay, she's a vet, I'm an emergency room tech and I knew that much. She gave her some pain meds and said we'd probably have to do surgery. It cost us $250.00 for 10 minutes (I'm in the wrong business) We took Belle home and I held her most of the rest of the night. The pain meds helped, she still had trouble standing on it for a few days but then she started getting better. We did not take her back as they wanted to operate and hadn't even done an xray. For a couple months if Belle jumped or stepped wrong she would cry and I would pick her up and rub her leg and give her kisses and she was fine. We recently moved into a three story townhome and I was worried about the steps but leave it to Belle to overcome any problems that may interfere with her playing. She runs up the steps fine and my husband and I watch her going down stairs, she just flies and her back left leg never touches a step. She was just into the vet for her yearly shots and they said she was fine. We are hoping nothing shows up in the future. We too had prayers and thoughts from YTers and I know how much that helps. Just can't bear to see these little ones suffer. Patti, we wish you good luck and send lots of love to you both.
