Monday, November 10, 2008

Broken paw!

So the last few days Jager has been really limping around and we have noticed some major swelling on her right rear leg on her outer paw. When we had went to Puppy classes last Wed we had noticed some cactus and thought she might of gotten something stuck in her paw then, because we noticed her limping after that day. It has continued to get worse over the weekend, so today we took her to our awesome Vet- Rick Helms here in G Falls(who we have gotten to know quite well, since it seems like we have been there every other week since we got Jager). Once examining her, he said it looked like a broken toe which the X-ray confirmed. On the X-ray there is a diagonal fracture of the bone on the right side. Because of the type of break, nothing can be done for her other than baby aspirin every 12 hours. Sounds like it could take up to 6 weeks to heal on its own. The swelling should be reduced with the aspirin and will help with her pain and discomfort. We have no clue how she broke her foot, but I guess she could of just got it stuck or caught between something. Also we had to post pone her getting spayed until the middle of Dec so she can heal up her bum foot in the mean time. He didn't want her to have two wounds in at once . . . . . . . . Poor Jager! She is a tough girl!


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