[yorkietalkjilly]

Any chance it was just hairline or even Greenstick fx. at first and walking around on it or pushing/examining it extended the fx's? That happened to my sister when a doctor examined her fractured fibula BEFORE XRS. X-rays then showed the fracture communicated into the joint! It could be that her original fracture didn't but stressing the joint as the doctor I worked for at the time did during exam, putting it through full range of motion BEFORE the x-ray, sure could have extended it. That's only a possibility if the first XR was taken fairly early on and read as negative - though apparently misreads and/or poor film quality or XR technique can badly affect a reading. When there is kind of blunt force trauma like this involved and a limp persists, a second set of XRS was in order anyway, especially as time had elapsed which could have furthered any original injury. I sure hope that your specialist can fix him up and give him a leg that will be healthy throughout his long life. He's got a lot of running, playing, chasing squirrels and jumping to do.