kathryn
June 2nd, 2010, 04:09 AM
Hi everyone, not sure that I mentioned it but early last month Three Legged Missy ran off and got herself lost somehow. She just returned home last Friday and seemed to be in okay shape other than some scrapes and bruises. The vets was closed for the holiday weekend so we took her in yesterday to have her checked out and the prognosis is much worse than we expected :( Upon closer examination, her back left leg (she is missing her back right) looks like it was chomped on by some sort of animal such as a fox or raccoon. There are deep puncture wounds and her whole leg was filled with pus.
I had her stabilized over the weekend with supplies I got from the shelter because no one realized just how bad the internal wounds were.
Sadly her leg is fractured in 3 places and her knee joint is almost completely crushed. It's lucky I did get antibiotics and stuff from the shelter right away because she probably could have gotten alot worse. She had over a 104 fever and her leg was really abscessed.
I don't know what to do :shrug: She is in VERY good spirits. Eating, drinking, rolling around to the best of her abilities. I mean she is purring as I'm shoving pills in her mouth!! But she cannot walk and she is already down another back leg so she might have to be euthanized :yell: Her leg is just so shattered and if the infection has spread to the bones and joints we would have to amputate it to keep it from killing her, but that's not really possible.
I'll try to post x-rays later... they are on a disc and I couldn't figure out how to load it on my computer. But I really have no idea what to do. The cat can't just live without back legs and drag herself everywhere. I am interested in wheelchairs and would be willing to buy her one. I need to do what's in the best interest of her and I just have no idea what that would be.
I had her stabilized over the weekend with supplies I got from the shelter because no one realized just how bad the internal wounds were.
Sadly her leg is fractured in 3 places and her knee joint is almost completely crushed. It's lucky I did get antibiotics and stuff from the shelter right away because she probably could have gotten alot worse. She had over a 104 fever and her leg was really abscessed.
I don't know what to do :shrug: She is in VERY good spirits. Eating, drinking, rolling around to the best of her abilities. I mean she is purring as I'm shoving pills in her mouth!! But she cannot walk and she is already down another back leg so she might have to be euthanized :yell: Her leg is just so shattered and if the infection has spread to the bones and joints we would have to amputate it to keep it from killing her, but that's not really possible.
I'll try to post x-rays later... they are on a disc and I couldn't figure out how to load it on my computer. But I really have no idea what to do. The cat can't just live without back legs and drag herself everywhere. I am interested in wheelchairs and would be willing to buy her one. I need to do what's in the best interest of her and I just have no idea what that would be.