Kandi, new YHR pup is having emergency ortho surgery....

[ladyjane]

I have NO idea what people think about but this latest one blew my mind. I had a few emails over the past week about a little female yorkie who was in a local shelter supposedly with mild lameness. They said she had a previous healed pelvic fracture. I figured she probably had either LP or a torn CCL and I was trying to find a group to take her since we are so jammed right now. Well, no such luck...everyone is full. On Saturday evening a friend with another rescue contacted me about this yorkie. She mentioned that she would probably be euthanized if someone did not take her. That kind of set off an alarm in my brain that something must be really wrong. I emailed them and finally got in touch this morning. Over the course of about 30 minutes I finally said I would take her ... then, shortly after that, they contacted me and said that the vet today felt she should maybe be humanely euthanized. Now mind you, I have seen her picture and no one seemed to think it was bad before today...so I called and found out that she had multiple fractures of her pelvis and her leg. I am just kind of flabbergasted at this point, but asked them to please let us at least get an ortho evaluation on her and they did release her to us. One of our members picked her up and took her to Gulf Coast Veterinary Specialists in Houston. My favorite surgeon, Dr. Brian Beale was there today...he is amazing with these difficult cases!

Poor little angel....she has been walking but they said they don't know how. She had to be in terrible pain. She was clearly hit by a car. They said that has been living in pain for the past 2 - 8 weeks. We don't know exactly how long but the fractures had started to heal. The leg is being rebroken since it was not in alignment. While her leg is being repaired, her pelvis may also need to be repaired it if is deemed unstable. She is in surgery right now as I post this.

Please pray for Kandi (that is what I named her because everyone who has seen her said she is as sweet as she can be). I will post updates about her surgery later on after I get the call.

Here are some pics of her and her xrays:

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[jeane]

sending prayers for kandi

[Yorkiemom1]

Oh dear Lord........be sure and keep us updated Linda.....poor baby girl.....

[Lovetodream88]

Poor little girl I will keep her in my prayers

[yorkietalkjilly]

Poor little baby is all I can say. I pray she makes is through all of this painful surgery and painful rehab and recovery.

[ladyjane]

They just called. Her pelvis will stay as is. Because it healed already, they cannot repair it. They had thought they might have to plate part of it...but it was stable, so they left it be.
Her leg was repaired with a plate and screws....and the knee is stable now. He said that they will decide tomorrow about discharge. There is a possibility that she will need to stay another night.
Just glad that the surgery is over and she is out of the anesthesia...and she is no longer in pain. They will keep her medicated.

[yorkietalkjilly]

I'm so glad she made it through the surgery and is medicated. Poor little girl.

[ladyjane]

I know, just horrible. I don't know what is wrong with people...how anyone could leave her like that is beyond me.

[Lisa and Pic]

Originally Posted by ladyjane

They just called. Her pelvis will stay as is. Because it healed already, they cannot repair it. They had thought they might have to plate part of it...but it was stable, so they left it be.
Her leg was repaired with a plate and screws....and the knee is stable now. He said that they will decide tomorrow about discharge. There is a possibility that she will need to stay another night.
Just glad that the surgery is over and she is out of the anesthesia...and she is no longer in pain. They will keep her medicated.

Just saw this on Facebook this morning. Prayers for the little girl and so glad she is getting the best possible treatment at Gulf Coast Specialists. How fortunate that you have something like this in your area.

Also, will make a donation for her care as soon as I can get back on a secure connection.

[wisteria]

Poor Baby Girl!!!

[bjh]

She looks so sweet. I pray she has a successful surgery and a speedy recovery.

[ladyjane]

Originally Posted by bjh

She looks so sweet. I pray she has a successful surgery and a speedy recovery.

The people who have been around her say she is very sweet...that is why I gave her the name Kandi. I have not met the little baby yet
DUH .. I said that in the original post.....oh well.

[silverjoy]

Healing prayers for Kandi!

[Maximo]

I am happy to read that Kandi did well in surgery. Her xrays are so sad to look at! Praying for her speedy recovery.

[ladyjane]

Originally Posted by Maximo

I am happy to read that Kandi did well in surgery. Her xrays are so sad to look at! Praying for her speedy recovery.

Yes, the xrays made me sick. She will definitely have some issues in the future with arthritis. The intern who called yesterday said that while her pelvis is as it is, she should be fine because there are no major problems due to it being like that. It is a major problem for me to look at. Her fracture was at the knee, so that is also difficult.

Waiting for the morning call to see how she is and what today's plan is.