....from "lets see...."I woke up in the middle of the night with Duke crying. He was in distress and trying to attack his cast. I looked at it and discovered that it had shifted and it was causing him pain. I spent all day trying to get a hold of his vet and was not successful until last evening. When I finally was able to talk to her she said that she never got the messages. I had called 5 times and asked that she return my call immediately. She said to bring him in right away. He was taken to X Ray and it was discovered that the bone still had not healed, and because the muscle had atrophied so much in two weeks, the cast had shifted, now he needs plate and pin surgery. I asked when they could do the surgery and she could not tell me, but said it would probably be next week sometime as the orthopedic surgeon was on vacation until Friday, and then he was scheduled for a major pelvic surgery then. The vet cut the cast off and repositioned in two parts and said she would "call me tomorrow with a date for the surgery." I still have not heard.
By the time I got home last night at 10 pm, the cast had already shifted again and Duke was miserable. He cried all night, and at times acted like he was going to go berserk. He would not lie down and if I was not holding him, he would gnaw at the cast. I sat with him all night, and all day today so far, while making calls to find a vet who does orthopedic surgery on dogs, and who can do it this week. I have only found three on the Island who will do it and I am now waiting an answer as to when is the earliest. One way or another, he will be cared for before the end of this week. He is not waiting until late next week. As I wait I get madder and madder. Duke is in pain, he won't eat, and does not want to go out to relieve himself. I carried him out a couple of times with no luck. Now I am stuck here with a dog with a broken leg, the cast not properly seated, he's in pain and I have no answers. It seems that if a broken bone is not protruding through the skin, no one here considers it an emergency. I am tired, totally frustrated, and very, very mad. I can not stand to see any animal in pain, let alone my buddy Duke.
I don't know when I will get back on the computer, I will get caught up as soon as Duke is cared for.
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