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UPDATE 6/28/08: Unfortunately the plate my doctor put in my leg didn't work either. I still had to have my leg amputated anyways :( Guess my bones are just to soft :( I was kinda sad about it at first and having to wear some cone thing around to keep me from licking my stitches didn't help me feel any better. The other day I decided laying around being sad wasn't very good for me and went out to play. I felt SO much better. Hey, that helped so why not loose the cone thing too, right? So, when my foster mom wasn't looking, I took it off. I was so proud of myself for being able to take off my own cone that I took it to my foster mom to show off my accomplishment. She wasn't as proud of me as I was, but she said it had been almost a week that we would see how I did without it. I've been really good so she has let me keep it off.
Now, I know what you may be thinking. You might be thinking I can't run and play like other dogs anymore. Truth is, I have had my leg wrapped up for more than two months now so I haven't been able to walk on all fours the whole time. Now it's just out of the way. My foster mom says that sometimes when I'm walking she can kind of tell that I'm missing a leg, but any other time, I'm just like everyone else. I'm really good at going potty outside. She says I'm better at that than everyone else here.
My foster mom says I can start looking for my forever home now since I'm pretty well fixed up now. So if you are looking for a really good puppy that's healthy, happy and VERY loving, you should let me know. And, guess what, you only have three feel to cut nails on instead of four!!!
UPDATE 5/05/08:I got to have my staples taken out Wednesday. Good thing too cuz they were really bugging me. I have some sores on my leg where the bandage was rubbing my leg. I tried to lick them off, but I guess that doesn't get rid of them. They are looking a little better now. My vet didn't take the pins out though. He hopes my leg is better in another 3 weeks and then I could get them out. My vet didn't want my leg rewrapped so he just put a small bandage over this appliance thing (that's what you see stuck on my leg in the picture) that holds my pins in place. I think I liked my leg wrapped up better cuz this thing feels like a really big heavy mat that needs to be cut out of my hair. My pins go into this thing and it is filled with the medical version of epoxy glue so it can't go anywhere. I'm supposed to be using my leg a little bit now, but I haven't used it in almost 3 weeks and the last time I did, it hurt really really bad. I might need to remember how to walk on it, but I certainly haven't forgotten the pain.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot to tell you about my new haircut. My foster mom gave me a haircut after my surgery. She said I looked funny, like someone had given me a really bad haircut where my leg was shaved from the surgery. She said I stunk too and she couldn't bathe me because of my bandage. Isn't she mean? I stink and have a bad haircut. Well, I showed her. I wiggled all over while she was shaving me the rest of the way. I felt so much better when she was done though. Guess I did kinda' stink. I might be a little nicer to her when she tries to make it look better, after my pins come out.
I'll try to work on walking a little on my leg and will let you know how that's coming along soon.
UPDATE 4/19/08 I had my surgery on Thursday. I didn't have to have a metal plate put in after all. My surgeon said I have soft little bones cuz I'm still a baby so he was afraid it might not hold my femur together properly. Instead he put a bunch of pins in. I had to have 5 of them. He also found another fracture at my growth plate. Guess that's where my femur connects to my pelvis. He had to screw them together. I only had to have one of those though. Now I am on bed rest. Nothin' better to do anyways since I can't play. I can barely walk on my other three legs. I think they made my leg longer when they did my surgery because if I try to stand up straight, my leg sticks way out :( My surgeon says I should be healed in 6-8 weeks.
Original bio: 04/16/08 Hello, my name is Stevie. I am a 6 pound, 8 month old, scared and confused little man :( My mommy always told me I was a good little boy and that she would love me forever and ever. All I wanted to do was go play with ever one I saw outside through the window. I jumped out the window so I could get there faster, but when I did, I broke my leg. Guess I'm not such a good boy after all. I cried and cried because it hurt so bad. All I wanted was my mommy to hold me and make my pain stop cuz that's what mommy's do. When she saw me try to walk, she knew it was very bad and would cost a lot of money to fix, so she called my foster mom. I thought since she loved me, she would want to keep me forever, but she said since she loved me so much, she wanted me to go somewhere where I could get help. She told me United Yorkie Rescue might be able to help me fix my leg. I wished I would have never done that because it made my leg hurt, but made my heart hurt more.
When I got in the car with my foster mom, my foster sister held me all the way to the emergency vet. She held me and loved me and kissed me the whole way. She said I would be ok now. The emergency vet didn't give me very good news. He said I would have to have surgery because the top part of my femur had moved and was next to the bottom part. The he wrapped my leg in a tight bandage to help support it until I can get it fixed. It makes it really hard for me to walk, especially when I need to go potty. Today I had to go see a regular vet. He told me even worse news. He said when I have the surgery, I will have to have a metal plate in my leg to hold it in place so it could heal. I heard him tell my foster mom it would be really expensive. That scared me even more because that is why mommy had to give me to United Yorkie Rescue. My foster mom reassured me that there are lots of nice people that will help me pay for my surgery. Is she right? Is there someone out there that can help me get my surgery to fix my leg, so I can have a new family for my birthday present?
