Reasons I love my job!

I get to do massively cool things, like today...

I was presented this morning with a young neutered tom cat who'd been hit by a car. Front half of the cat was normal. Back half, not so much; his left femur (and attached quadriceps muscles) was protruding outward through the 6" long gash in his flank. Amazingly, the cat was still alive when he was handed to me. Even more amazingly (yes, that's my infinite self-confidence speaking) he's STILL alive, though now he's a tri-pod.

So at first, I thought it was a dislocation that had been pushed out--but radiographs show that he's missing the left back quarter of his pelvis. So I suspect that originally the chunk of pelvis was attached to the femur, and stuck out of the side of the cat. Which means that now it's probably laying alongside the road somewhere. Guess it's alright, he doesn't need it anymore since he doesn't have a leg there anyway. But it's still pretty dramatic to think about.

Now I expect all of you out there to be sending good thoughts/vibes/happies his way--I want this cat to do the incredible and survive this!