Chloe has broken back leg
 

My baby was " tapped" by a truck last night, we think. Could'nt of been that bad because she is in one peice. Sort of....
She is 5 months old and the xray shows a clean break above her right knee. She also has a clean break in her small pelvis bone. The emergency vet said that that will heal well on its own, but she will need surgery on the leg. I am going to take her to our regular vet in the morning. He said he thinks they will pin it. Does anyone have any experience with this? Will it work? Will she have pain forever? Will she be able to run and play. How much is this going to cost us!?! Unfortunatly we do not have a money tree in our backyard. I'm freaking OUT!!! Thanks in advance for any comments! :confused:

I am so sorry to hear about Chloe. Hoping someone will respond quickly and give you advice in this area to ease your mind some about your precious little girl.

Do you think she be ok...I'm just sick

Same thing happened to my neighbors dog a little over a month ago! It broke his heel and pelvis....poor thing..... But now he's fine! You wouldn't know anything was wrong with him if he didn't have the satelite around his neck and his lil blue cast! He runs and everything already! Don't worry she'll be just fine! I worked for a vet and smaller dogs came in with injuries similar to this all the time...they would usually milk their mommies and daddies for all its worth! But unfortunately its a common procedure, especially using pins......Just give her lots of love! She'll be running around in no time!;)

I think the neighbors cost was over $2,000.00 but its a bit of a larger dog.....and Imo they really got overcharged! From my experience at the vet the pins ran around 600.00........:confused:

She's just so small ( 4lbs) and it horrible to watch her be in any pain. I really think the splint that they put on her in the ER is doing more harm than good.

It's funny how the vet says " Oh this is so common and not a big deal" but then they need you to refinance your house to pay for it.

Thank you very much for your kind words...

Yeah I know! But I'm sure your vet will let you set up payments! They are usually pretty understanding..... Did he give her anything for pain?

Yeah.. its called buprxine..i think...I would have to go look. It worked really well for a while but wore off I guess. She's pretty uncomfortable. I called the ER vet and asked if I could give her more and they said no, not untill 7:00 tonight. Needless to say, it's been a long day.

I'm so sorry! Hope she feels better soon! i'm sure that your vet will take wonderful care of her tommorow! I would ask the er vet if you can give her something to help her relax...maybe benedryl so she stays off of her leg until morning!

Thanks... I'll call right now. I did'nt even think of that

So sorry to hear about Chloe. I'll keep her in my prayers that the fractures heal up well and that soon she'll be able to run around and play. For now just make sure she doesn't do much running around because you don't want her to hurt it worse.

Sending hugs and prayers for your baby.

Sheilagh

Thank you all so much, I feel very welcome in this wonderful community.

My vet called to check in with us...I'm taking her in @ 8am, she should have surg by noon and back home by Tuesday. She has eaten some food, taken some water from a syringe and is sleeping quietly right now. I'm waiting as long as I can with the meds right now so I can give them late, so at least she sleeps through the night.

Thanks again!

Sarah and Chloe

I just went through the broken leg part!! they put 2 pins in
Banjo's leg and a Tension plate- so far it has been about $1500 !!But he is doing good
I live in Mo. and had it done at the vet school!
I am sorry your girl got hurt- I know just how you feel- I was sick over it- and just cried and cried!
Best wishes for tomorrow!! I am sure it will all be fine, and will be praying for a fast recovery

Im sorry to hear this. I know how you feel, we have a blood bound that was struck by a car just a few weeks ago and the idiot didnt even stop. My brother has a garage across the road and my Dad was over there when she got hit, so he was right to her rescue. This happened on a Friday and we took her right to the Vets office. She has to stay the entire weekend and did not get the splint on until Sunday because the swelling was so bad that if he put the splint on it would just fall off after the swelling went down. So we went down on Sunday to visit and watch the splint be put on. My best friend works at the office so we knew everything that was taking place and thats why we were able to be there on Sunday also. Now the total cost for everything was 225.00 and they gave us a 75.00 discount because my best friend works there, so 150.00 was the total. She was on pain meds the whole weekend and she did not have to have surgery because still being a puppy the healing process was much quicker. She was suppose to keep the splint on for 3 weeks and it came off a week early because she did heal so well. She is doing great now.I know you cant compare a hound to yorkie but I just wanted to tell you of our similar experience. I hope you get good news when you take her to your regular Vet. Good Luck

I am so sorry about your baby. Hopefully your regular vet can fix her up and it won't be terribly expensive.

Sending prayer and hugs for you and your girl.:)

So sorry about your baby. I will be praying that all goes well and she will be good as new before you know it! :)

ohhh gosh poor little girl

You need to keep strong yourself for her, they pick up on how we feel - stay positive :thumbup:

Wishing her a speady recovery.

Sending ((((hugs))))

oooh no :( poor baby!

sending along wishes for a full, speedy recovery :love:

Just thinking of you all today!
Please let us know how everything goes!

Sending prayers up for you!!

And hugs to you & Chloe

Sending hugs and good thoughts your way today!

Was thinking of you so I thought I'd stop in to see if you had posted today! Let us know how everything goes!! ;)

Oh your poor baby. I am sure several will give you some insight on what
to expect. Best wishes for a successful surgery.


Hugs to your baby,

:cry8: So sorry to hear of Chloe's accident. Sending hugs and prayers to you and your baby. I have such a fear of this happening to Scooter.

My little girl Cricket broke her front leg...radius and ulna...we had it set by a regular vet but it was not healing properly. She ended up having surgery by an orthopedic who put a plate and five tiny screws in her leg. It took a good 4 months to get through all of the steps of recovery but I am so happy she is perfect again!:) The first picture you can see her little scars from her surgery....this was about a month after the fact. Unfortunately surgery for any dog is not cheap. Her surgery by the specialist was $2,000 I am extremely protective of her now but she runs and plays like nothing ever happened. I think I remember more than she does! :) I will say a prayer for your little baby! You will get through it....it just takes patience and lots of time.....I was in your shoes and I remember thinking we will never make it but we did! Hugs from Cricket & Paxton

Chloe
 

Just checking on your baby Chloe...Hope that the surgery is a success. I will continue praying for her recovery. Please update us on Chloe when you get a chance!!

Thea and Roxee:aimeeyork

I hope Chloe is doing better today. Keeping her in my thoughts and prayers...

Thank God it was not worse. These babies are so little its amazing she came out with just a broken leg. I am so sorry to hear about it, but, when they are young like she is its amazing how well they bounce back. Tina had a back leg broken in 2 places when she was about 8wks. old. She was in a cast for about 2mo. and did fine. She will be 11yrs. on May 10th and so far she has never had any problems with it. It also pays to have a good vet that knows what they are doing. Good luck and hope that little baby does well.