Keith Has A Broken Leg!

This past Wednesday evening, my Greyhound, Keith, broke his leg.  The fracture is located in his left front leg, between his elbow and wrist.  Since Keith is almost 10 years old, I feared the worst....cancer.  With the help of "Team Greyhound" members Jed Irvine and Laurie Barshay, Keith was transported to the Albany Animal Hospital...after hours, of course...and Dr. Ken Fletcher.

Original Splint

Dr. Fletcher sedated Keith and took x-rays of the break on two sides of the bone.  Fortunately, it was not a compound fracture and the broken bones were aligned almost perfectly straight.  Dr. Fletcher did not definitively see an indication of cancer.  He splinted the leg, instructing me to return to the clinic on Thursday to have it properly re-splinted (by AAH vet tech Akiko).  One of the other veterinarians at the clinic, Dr. Eric Glaze, also viewed the x-rays and does not suspect cancer as the cause for the fracture.

Re-Splinted

Keith will now have to wear the splint for 8 weeks as he recovers from the fracture.  My eternal gratitude goes out to Dr. Fletcher (great vet and overall good guy!) and the staff at Albany Animal Hospital, Jed & Laurie, as well as Rachel & Eddy Ostrander, who also made the trip to the Albany Animal Hospital to support Keith and I, and Jane-Ann Phillips, for much-needed moral support.  Thanks, everyone!

-Barry