Hello everyone, my name is Brandi and recently my baby had an emergency that led me to start extensive research that eventually led me to this wonderful forum. After searching the forum and reading posts I still have a question/concern about my baby boy Parker. Please forgive me if this post is long I just want to provide all the information I can.
One week ago my baby boy was running and playing before bedtime and he got so excited he tried to jump on the couch for the first time before I could stop him. He is only 6 months old and he weighs just a few ounces under 5 pounds. But during his craziness he broke his right leg.
I immediately called my vet and he met me at his office with his after hours nurse. They sedated him and X-ray showed a CLEAN break of his right leg. He said surgery may be needed but after reviewing the x-ray more closely and speaking with another vet he suggested since the break was clean that we do a splint with cast for 6 weeks changing the splint every 2 weeks. In 6 weeks if the break was not healed we would talk surgery.
In the meantime I have to keep Parker confined to his crate only removing him to potty, eat, get loving, take pain meds (if needed) and returned to his crate. I have his crate on wheels and have had him with me at all times though. The first couple of days he was in pain and didn't want to move around. However, after one week his is hopping around his cage putting the cast down to stand on and isn't in any pain at all. He seems to be doing great. But, I am concerned about his leg possibly not healing.
Has anyone had success with splinting/casting in place of surgery, and after 6 weeks if it's not completely healed should I continue splint/casting a couple more weeks or just ask for the surgery?
Thank you in advance for your help. I will try to attach a picture of my boy to this post.
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