As some of you know, my Greyhound, Keith, broke his leg about a month ago. He's been in a splint since that time.
So.....last Friday night, this happened:
Bent leg with splint. Pretty scary. Turns out that Keith actually broke the splint, causing the leg to bend at his wrist. His bone fracture is located between his elbow and wrist, so the splint breakage didn't affect the bone fracture. So, back to the vet where Keith was fitted for a new, heavy-duty splint, which is shown below...
There is no way he breaks this one! He'll be in this splint for two weeks, which is when he'll be due for a re-wrap. I assume he'll be wearing this particular splint for the duration of the healing process.
And, as far as Keith's healing process goes, so far so good, though there will be no way of confirming the bone repair until he is x-rayed again. That won't happen for several weeks.
Keith is one month into an 8-10 week wearing-of-the-splint.
I'm hoping for the best...
-Barry
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