Well unfort. I have become an expert on this..My yorkie was new to me and the exact same thing happened within weeks. so dont beat yourself up. We have mirror experiences.
My dog broke both bones as well. I let the vet cast it and told us to check back in 5 weeks. Little did I know bones in little yorkies have very little chance of healing in a cast. After 5 weeks (they dont stay still, it is virtually impossible) the cast came off and there was no one bit of healing...the bones were no where near each other. She also had sores from the adhesive. The offered to let me take her as is (?) amputate or see a surgeon. After i almost passed out from guilt and fear I opted for the surgeon. (mine was not yet a year old) I sent the xrays to another vet while waiting for my surgeon appiontment. She was appalled they put a cast on the break. She said 10 years would not of healed it. So off to the surgeon who said she now needed bone grafts and surgery with complete plate and screws (just pins are tough for yorkies as they tend to break easy as they are so small) so tommorow is 8 weeks of crate restricition after surgery. She gets out tommorow (she does race around a bit but the surgeon told me she could be let free in a small room) we had to tranquilze her every day to settle her. The good news is "both bones are healing" the surgeon was astounded the ulna healed. He said what have you been doing? I said "everything but float her on a cloud for 6 weeks"
(I had to go 8 weeks because of the wait time(it would be much faster if you did it now than wait because the bone calcifys then its grafting....please take her xrays to a surgeon. Feel free to email me the pics of her xrays and I can send you mine. maybe the surgeon will concur with your vet, maybe your breaks are different than mind but my vet totally dropped the ball . They are no longer my vets. It was much more expensive because of the grafts. Im not trying to scare you but just save you from three months of your new dog living in a crate as mine has done..Im here to help you any way I can.
Jess is walking on hers totally normal. The surgeon did say "her jumping days are over" I said "no kidding" I wish you all the best.... |