Poor Pup!

Well this week has been a difficult one for us and the future looks a little slow. Our puppy Dakota was hit by a car Tuesday night in our driveway. We think the guy was not paying attention and drifted. Anyway, she was rushed to the vet and spend the night in ICU. She was scratched up pretty good and had a very broken leg. There were three breaks to her femur in just about the same spot. So after talking with the dock and visiting her we went home for the night to try and figure out what to do with her leg, can we afford to repair it, and would it be worth it or will she become and amputee? 

We picked her up the next morning, saw our vet, he sent us back to the specialist and had her booked for surgery. The outcome of the leg from both doctors was good, she is young and healthy, she should recover just fine and have use of the leg. So the decision was easy, we get her fixed. 

She spend 3.5 hours in surgery on Wednesday. The end result is 1 bone graft, 1 plate, 10 screws, 1 pin and 4 wires holding it all together. She has an incision about 12" long down her leg. They also shaved all her scratches and the inside of both of her legs are covered in road rash. 

She spent wednesday in the hospital, Dad naturally brought her her favorite toy and a blanket from home. They said hopefully friday she can come home. To my surprise Thursday afternoon i get a call from the vet saying she is doing well, she is using the leg a little bit and with that progress she is ready to go home! So i made arrangements to get her at 3:00 that afternoon. 

Dakota is now home and confined to her crate for the next 2 weeks until we see the doc again. She looks terrible, but we are both glad that she is home. The one thing we can say from this experience is, if you hit someone's pet (whatever it is) and they have a collar on let them know or call the emergency vet, do something! We were home and i heard it happen, but the person never stopped. 

Pray for a good and speedy recovery for her!