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My Poor Little Boy Broke His Leg

One of my cats woke me up by howling this morning, his leg was just hanging there useless and he was obviously very distressed and in a lot of pain. Rushed him to the vet and they did an xray turns out he has a very bad break, not a clean one so the vet couldn't set it. Was referred to specialist osteopath clinic near Liverpool. He is there now and they are keeping him under obs all night, he is having difficulty breathing so they think he has blood on his lungs too, and until they can clear that they cannot operate. They think they can fix the break although he is going to have to be pinned for 3 months. Poor little thing, keep your fingers crossed for him.
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  • dieselhead
    dieselhead Posts: 599 Forumite
    Awww poor thing, any idea how he did it? I'm sure he will be fine and it sounds like he is in excellent hands. Hope he is feeling a little better soon!!
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  • JemJam
    JemJam Posts: 410 Forumite
    Awww thats so sad, i wonder how he did that?? Hope he gets better soon!
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  • whitty999
    whitty999 Posts: 4,024 Forumite
    hope he heals & gets better soon x
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  • Stephb1986_2
    Stephb1986_2 Posts: 6,279 Forumite
    Fingers crossed that your kitty is up and well soon

    Steph xx
  • catz1ct
    catz1ct Posts: 828 Forumite
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    Hope he gets better soon
    :rotfl:
  • Alcmene
    Alcmene Posts: 652 Forumite
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    I wish I knew, the vet said if had to be rather a hefty force. I think the vet is thinking car but there are no outward signs of this such as any outside physical damage and his nails are intact. He is really a homely cat and only goes out to pee. He obviously hurt himself and then came home to find me so I could help him. The drive to the vet this morning was awful he was in a lot of pain. The one hour drive to the specialist was not that bad as he was doped up and with the fairies!

    We are looking at rather a large bill!
  • UKTigerlily
    UKTigerlily Posts: 4,702 Forumite
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    That must've been terrifying, I really hope he'll be ok x
  • GonzoAston
    GonzoAston Posts: 1,390 Forumite
    Alcmene wrote: »
    I wish I knew, the vet said if had to be rather a hefty force. I think the vet is thinking car but there are no outward signs of this such as any outside physical damage and his nails are intact. He is really a homely cat and only goes out to pee. He obviously hurt himself and then came home to find me so I could help him. The drive to the vet this morning was awful he was in a lot of pain. The one hour drive to the specialist was not that bad as he was doped up and with the fairies!

    We are looking at rather a large bill!

    They're worth though arent they :A
    Hope everything works its self out. Would be interesting to see how it happened though, so it doesnt happen again. Maybe he fell out of a tree? :confused:
    I know my spelling is shocking :eek: It is alot better than it used to be though :rotfl:
  • JoolzS
    JoolzS Posts: 825 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Fingers and paws crossed from here as well.

    Julie
  • tealady
    tealady Posts: 3,856 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Mortgage-free Glee!
    Ten fingers and 8 paws crossed here as well
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