Diane came in today for Dr. Kelpe to remove the splint that had been put on at the shelter, xray the injuries as we only had 2 from the shelter but did not show the areas that were involved, and try to relocate the elbow. Once the bandage was removed, and she was xrayed, he tried manually to relocate the elbow but with the amount of scar tissue already forming, it was impossible. She was already sedated for the manual repair, so he took her directly into surgery to clean up the area and put it back in place. She was resplinted and will be rechecked in 1 week. Her foster mom picked her up that evening and she is back home with no time spent in the hospital. Her family was very happy to have her back and it was eating time again after the anesthesia had worn off and out of her system. They had accompanied her to the hospital and had a good meal before she was sedated. Oh the arrangements to keep these little guys happy.
Diana is a very sweet girl, good with other dogs and very good with the people in her foster home. The children are teenagers though so we have not had her living with small children. She will require rehab exercises to build up the muscles in her leg when it has healed. There was considerable muscle atrophy already as she was unable to put any weight on it when she arrived in rescue.
I will be sending updates when she goes for her next recheck.
