My turn...
Nov. 21st, 2006 09:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
draggonlaady...to convince them to try a splint instead of putting the dog down.
Mine's a 2 day old gunshot wound. They didn't bring it in sooner, because they didn't want to pay an emergency fee. Guess what--they also wouldn't pay for radiographs, or anything more involved than cleaning/debriding the wounds and putting a splint on the leg. So I don't know how badly the leg is fractured, except that the bone is visible where the bullet passed through the leg. There's a gouge out of the back surface of the bone (jnau--tibia, gastroc tendon appears intact), but I've no idea how far up the bone the cracks have gone.
So...bets anybody? I'd do a poll but apparently I have to have a paid account to do that. so just drop your votes in the comment section. How will this case go?
1: Several weeks of bandage changes and splinting, dog'll heal up relatively fine.
2a: Bone will fracture completely, owner opt for amputation.
2b: Bone will fracture completely, owner opt for euthanasia.
3a: Exposed bone will die, forming sequestrum, owner opt for amputation.
3a: Exposed bone will die, forming sequestrum, owner opt for euthanasia.
Mine's a 2 day old gunshot wound. They didn't bring it in sooner, because they didn't want to pay an emergency fee. Guess what--they also wouldn't pay for radiographs, or anything more involved than cleaning/debriding the wounds and putting a splint on the leg. So I don't know how badly the leg is fractured, except that the bone is visible where the bullet passed through the leg. There's a gouge out of the back surface of the bone (jnau--tibia, gastroc tendon appears intact), but I've no idea how far up the bone the cracks have gone.
So...bets anybody? I'd do a poll but apparently I have to have a paid account to do that. so just drop your votes in the comment section. How will this case go?
1: Several weeks of bandage changes and splinting, dog'll heal up relatively fine.
2a: Bone will fracture completely, owner opt for amputation.
2b: Bone will fracture completely, owner opt for euthanasia.
3a: Exposed bone will die, forming sequestrum, owner opt for amputation.
3a: Exposed bone will die, forming sequestrum, owner opt for euthanasia.
