pls help me
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 2:53 am
This Saturday I came home and my Rottweiler Tessa was not jumping on me as usual. She was in her little pen all day. I noticed her holding her leg up a bit and brought her in for a look. That's when I found a huge gash on the back of her leg. I rushed her to the ER vet and they told me whatever cut her sliced her to the bone (which I already knew) and cut her achilles tendon, severing it in two. He did stitch the tendon and cut back but told me if she puts weight on it it will probably not hold. He put a splint on it, and it has a drain
By Monday her wrap was coming off and I took her to the local vet to have it changed. He sedated her b/c she wont let anyone touch it, and he called and told me her tendon was not attached. I'm not sure if he unstitched it and looked but he did say he felt the joint and it was very lose. He wanted to amputate her leg! I wanted to throw up. I've been looking around and I see some achilles braces. Will this allow her to keep her leg and use it some so I dont have to amputate it?
Please tell me what options there are. I dont wanna amputate it, but he said she'll never be able to use it and sometimes they will chew it or injure it. I think he's correct in these things, but she's moving around well now. As long as these current dressings stay on and I dont have to take her back every other day and sedate her to change them until it's time for the drain to come out I will try hard to keep her leg.
Please please tell me what I can do.
By Monday her wrap was coming off and I took her to the local vet to have it changed. He sedated her b/c she wont let anyone touch it, and he called and told me her tendon was not attached. I'm not sure if he unstitched it and looked but he did say he felt the joint and it was very lose. He wanted to amputate her leg! I wanted to throw up. I've been looking around and I see some achilles braces. Will this allow her to keep her leg and use it some so I dont have to amputate it?
Please tell me what options there are. I dont wanna amputate it, but he said she'll never be able to use it and sometimes they will chew it or injure it. I think he's correct in these things, but she's moving around well now. As long as these current dressings stay on and I dont have to take her back every other day and sedate her to change them until it's time for the drain to come out I will try hard to keep her leg.
Please please tell me what I can do.