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So yesterday, when my wife woke up, Veda wouldn't come out of her crate. She wouldn't even stand up. My wife picked her up and found she wouldn't put any pressure on her back left leg. It didn't get better as the day went by so I brought her to the vet.
The vet did x-rays, thinking she might have dislocated her hip. The x-ray showed she fractured the ball of her femur, where it connects to her hip. I was utterly shocked. How could this have happened?
She was fine when we went to bed on Tuesday night and when we woke up, she had fractured her femur?
The only logical conclusion I can draw is that she got her foot caught in the crate (a new wire crate that she has only been in for 5 days as she has grown out of her plastic crate; she is 5.5 months old) and wrestled it free and in the process, did the damage. That is the only scenario I can see happening.
Has this happened to anyone else? I put her back in the plastic crate last night so it couldn't happen again.
She was moving around quite well this morning on three legs but after 10am this morning, she won't move or try to get up. When I pick her up and bring her outside, she does her business, which is complicated since she can't squat, and then looks at me like 'hey, a little help!'. The doc gave her an injection for inflammation yesterday afternoon and gave me some pain reliever/anti-inflammatory meds and just told me to let her do what she wants to do. If she doesn't want to walk, pick her up. If she does start to put pressure on it, don't let her run, etc.
Has anyone else dealt with a fracture in the ball of the femur before? If so, how did it end up? How long was the healing process? I feel so terrible for her. Luckily, the doc said, she is a puppy and will have no lasting affects from it. I am not so confident about that but have no other opinion to go by.
Thoughts would be appreciated. My heart hurts for her
David
So yesterday, when my wife woke up, Veda wouldn't come out of her crate. She wouldn't even stand up. My wife picked her up and found she wouldn't put any pressure on her back left leg. It didn't get better as the day went by so I brought her to the vet.
The vet did x-rays, thinking she might have dislocated her hip. The x-ray showed she fractured the ball of her femur, where it connects to her hip. I was utterly shocked. How could this have happened?
She was fine when we went to bed on Tuesday night and when we woke up, she had fractured her femur?
The only logical conclusion I can draw is that she got her foot caught in the crate (a new wire crate that she has only been in for 5 days as she has grown out of her plastic crate; she is 5.5 months old) and wrestled it free and in the process, did the damage. That is the only scenario I can see happening.
Has this happened to anyone else? I put her back in the plastic crate last night so it couldn't happen again.
She was moving around quite well this morning on three legs but after 10am this morning, she won't move or try to get up. When I pick her up and bring her outside, she does her business, which is complicated since she can't squat, and then looks at me like 'hey, a little help!'. The doc gave her an injection for inflammation yesterday afternoon and gave me some pain reliever/anti-inflammatory meds and just told me to let her do what she wants to do. If she doesn't want to walk, pick her up. If she does start to put pressure on it, don't let her run, etc.
Has anyone else dealt with a fracture in the ball of the femur before? If so, how did it end up? How long was the healing process? I feel so terrible for her. Luckily, the doc said, she is a puppy and will have no lasting affects from it. I am not so confident about that but have no other opinion to go by.
Thoughts would be appreciated. My heart hurts for her
David