Good gravy Marsha, when it rains it pours! Poor little Dora. Thank goodness you found your old vet. Prayers and best wishes for Dora from me, Trinity and Jay :-)
Patricia _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of marsha Taylor Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 9:45 PM To: [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Chihuahuas] updates In case anyone has been wondering where I have been lately, ...or even if you haven't, I'm gonna tell you anyhow, lol...... I wont go into EVERYTHING that has kept me away, but one of the biggies has been my IG Dora. As many of you know, Dora broke her leg about 7 weeks ago. Vet recommended surgery as the best option due to the shortest healing/recovery time, but the price was WAY out of my range. He also offered a second option which he said would work just as well, but would have a very long recover/healing time and that was to splint/cast the leg till it healed. Well, we have tried that. Today, we took Dora back for x-rays. When the splint came off, her leg was badly infected, swollen and just an all around mess. X-rays showed there was NO healing whatsoever. The bone had not even began to heal or knit back. Vet said only option was go ahead with the surgery or amputate. I would not amputate. These dogs have fragile legs the way it is....what if I amputated and then she later broke another leg????? I also could not afford the surgery....no way in a million years. I told them I would probably have to surrender her to a rescue group that could afford to properly care for her. Now, let me backtrack just a bit. I am kinda between vets right now. The vet I have used for more than 20 years decided to sell his practice and semi-retire....but work part time for someone else. But I had no idea where he went. So, I have been using a few different vets but not yet comfortable with any of them. When I left the vet today I decided I was gonna go search for my Old vet because if anyone could help, Doc Dozier could!! I FOUND HIM!!!!!!!!! He said he has dealt with this type of thing many times and he could do a simple surgery of putting in a pin in the bone and it would heal just fine!!! I am SOOOO happy!!!!! Of course this will still run me around $500 but that is much cheaper than the $3000 for the other type of surgery.
