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RoxxysDad

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  1. I have a 15 month old whippet female Roxxy and she broke her right front radius and ulna. $3200 surgery. I couldn't go in to pick her because of covid so they just bring her out and hand her to me and she had no cast on. The instructions were to be very careful with her leg. They said she could jump up onto a couch or whatever but not to let her jump down but overall to keep her crated or in a small room if I could not crate or be with her. Well day two she starts wanting to use her leg but she was limp and sometimes just hopping on the good leg. We are in the house and she started to run and I grabbed to stop her but she had pushed off with the bad leg and let out a cry. And the foot since surgery and especially now seems like it's bent to the outside and crooked. They used pins and a plate (size 22 I think he said) Because of her smaller bones they couldn't put a bigger plate in like he would have preferred he said. I had an Italian greyhound who only got pins but he had a cast for almost 8 weeks and his leg healed beautifully with no complications whatsoever. I feel like this vet had set us up for failure. I was astonished when they brought her out with no cast or splint on but I was so worried about her post surgery recovery I just scooped took her from them and went home with the meds and instructions and was mostly keeping her in her crate because they said to keep her immobilized and gave me meds to sedate her is she got anxious or rowdy. But the paper work also said that some time over the next two weeks that your dog would start to use their leg again. They didn't say do not walk her, or make her use puppy pads, or absolutely don't let her try to run or walk. The information was contradictory and I thought I would let her kind of test the waters and decide what hurt or didn't hurt I absolutely didn't expect her to try and run yet but I saw her getting ready to run after a roommates dog and cried and picked her leg up similar to when they first break it but it doesn't look floppy but it doesn't look like it's straight either but it never did even after surgery but it was less noticeable because there was SOOOOO much swelling. I feel like the surgery was not done properly and they are going to try and tell me it will be another $3,000 and I don't have the money to may for that again. I haven't even gotten the insurance claim filed for the first surgery. Its only been six days and I've been more worried about watching over her than getting money back and not thinking I may have to do it all over again. I'd like to know if anyone knows what recourse I have if they try and milk me for more money and if there are any rescues or charities I could contact that may help pay for another surgery if that's the direction this goes. If they tell me that its okay and just bruised or something I am demanding they put a cast on her for at least a month. I am so so so SAD
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