My lil guy broke his leg back in Feb of this year. He was 10 months old and 3.5lbs. Also the front left and both tiny bones. I saw 2 vets the very day that it happened and they both said surgery or amputation are the only options. The leg had a very good chance of healing with the surgery which required pins and a bone graft internally and many many weeks of X-rays and soft cast changes. They explained to me that with the bones being so very tiny and with such a bad break there may be a chance that blood flow may not return and essentially the bone will die. They stressed that the sooner the surgery was done the better the chance for saving the leg. Both vets said casting is essentially a waste if time as it is impossible to align both tiny bones and ensure no movement once placed without pins. Sorry that you didn't get a second opinion when it first happened. But it seems that the vet is giving you the correct advice. It seems that the bone has no chance of recovery since there has been no blood flow for a while now. Essentially the leg will just hang there and get in the way. If the surgery wasn't a success for my boy I would have been faced with the same decision. Good luck! Please keep us updated and I know it's a hard decision for you. |