[ladyjane]

Meet Jack London, YHR's newest foster. This is one I have never seen before...if anyone has ever seen or had experience with splints for rib fractures on pups, I would love some feedback to share with his foster mom. I also will be babysitting him for the Thanksgiving holiday so would love any ideas/tips for his care. Of course...I guess it will all depend upon whether or not they can actually DO the surgery...we are waiting for his ultrasound report at this moment. I will do another post with his pictures and video. Please, please keep this little one in your thoughts and prayers...he is tiny, only weighing 3 pounds...so worried for him.

Here is his bio on the YHR site..probably easier to just copy it rather than try to tell the whole story again:

Meet Jack London, the new kid on the Texas block! Precious boy was turned over to us due to his medical issues. He suffered some kind of trauma previously leaving him with with fractured ribs on his right side and a dislocated hip. Whatever it was, a kick or a slammed door, it was traumatic and obviously left untreated.

This poor baby's chest flails due to the multiple rib fractures....you can see it in the video of him that is posted. He has moments of very noisy and labored breathing and is very restless at night. He walks with a limp.

Jack London was admitted to Texas A&M last night and is being evaluated today. He will definitely be needing surgery. They are hopeful that they can do a splint to repair his ribs ... it is an old injury so there is some concern. They also will be trying to stabilize his hip, but he may need to have a femoral head ostomy (FHO). They are doing a full workup on him today, including an ultrasound and also a scope because they suspect he also has a collapsed trachea and they want to know the degree of that prior to surgery.