Giving Thanks

Tuesday started as a good day, until 5 pm when clyde would not put weight on his rod leg. He was not acting himself and seemed to be in a lot of pain. I tried to call deerfield and get him in to see Dr. McCarthy, but no appt. until the following wed. I decided to call another speciality hospital in Latham NY, and they could see me at 2pm on wednesday. My neighbor alysha helped me load him and off we went.

They took Xrays and Dr. Stanclift was so nice she showed me them and went over what she was seeing. Their was progressive healing of the fracture, but the proximal pin was loose. They could not just tighten it, they would have to remove and put in a larger pin. The Dr. said I could leave it until Dr. McCarthy could see him in a week or her suggestion would be to remove the rod. I decided to go with my gut and remove since we were now at 15 weeks. Clyde did great and he is on restriction until the holes close up. That means he is limited to the side lawn for his potty runs, and I had to put up the pen again, and he wears a soft sided head cone.

I am keeping the legs clean and will talk with deerfield monday to make sure they got the new xrays, and proceed with an appointment in about 2 weeks. I felt confident and secure with Dr. stanclift and believe i made the right decision. He is bearing weight on both legs, and that makes me feel good. Hope everyone enjoyed their turkey day! God Bless everyone!