7 weeks ago, Shayne's stock dog, Rough, broke his leg; so we took him to the vet on Sunday at 7am, so emergency vet after hours call. Vet x-rayed, set, and cast his leg. He was given antibiotics for 10 days for infections as there was a cut on his leg; and sent home with sedatives and pain relievers. He's hardly needed the pain relievers. Used a few sedatives the first couple weeks, then he was fine, then the last week before his check-up he needed more sedatives as he was getting wound up. At his 6 week check-up, only half the break was healed, and part of it had slipped out of place, so wasn't healing as it should (vet figured it slipped in the cast after the swelling came down during the first week); so he was cast again last Tuesday at that appointment. Now, it looks like his cast has slipped down; I can't feel his toes through the hole in the bottom of the cast, they are a good inch probably from the bottom of the cast. Don't need another emergency call fee, so gave him a sedative today and will call the vet first thing in the morning. He's a Heeler; so he's a high energy, tough stock dog, but this is getting difficult. oh, and we added calcium supplement this round to see if it would help him heal better.
Just had to vent a little, wish us luck with the next vet visit, cause if it doesn't go well, we may have to put him down; it's not really in the budget for another round of expensive vet work. Vet didn't know if it would heal or not at this point, since it didn't in the first 6 weeks, but that slip caused a bigger gap to fill in with callous.