Brought Whisky to the vet earlier...bad news...
For those who doesn't know, Whisky had an operation about a month ago to remove a stone in his bladder. The stone forms because of his diet, and his body doesn't agree with the food or something.
After the operation, he started dragging his right hind leg while moving, the vets at a certain animal hospital on Whitley Road said that it was because while he was waking up, the pain from the surgery caused him to thrash around and he injured himself. And the symptoms look like it was damage to his nerves.
Because he drags his feet while walking, the top side of his paw was injured with abrasions and all. Several returns to the vet returned answers like "There's nothing that we can do but wait, he'll recover eventually." Eventually in this case meant 6 months.
They suggested that we bandaged his paw such that there would be protection and to reduce the damage to his paw. His paw was already starting to bleed by now. Get this, they provided the bandages and all for free. The last visit to that hospital came up with a bill of about $12. It could be good will, but I smell a fish.
Yesterday, my dad smelled something bad in the house and found out that it was coming from Whisky's paw. He changed the bandage and found out that it looked infected and all so we decided to bring him to another vet to get a 2nd opinion.
When the vet at Animal Clinic removed the bandage, Whisky's paw was already damaged and infected to such an extent that his bone could be seen. Yet he doesn't feel a thing because of the damage to his nerves. The foot pads on that paw were also falling off because the tissues were dying.
The vet said that there was nothing she could do for now besides to clean the wound and that we should return on Tuesday so that her boss, who has more experience could take a look at Whisky's paw. Then came the bad news, if her boss decides that the damage is too severe, the infected part might have to be amputated. After hearing this, my mum started crying and I almost fainted because of the combined effect of the shock and the stench that was coming from the decaying flesh.
Whisky's home for now, he's really a 苦命狗. He already had 3 surgeries before and also fell sick from many illnesses. He would become out of breath easily when he was young because the bones of his windpipe was soft and they sometimes collapse and then he would have to open it by "sneezing". He's only 16 months old.
I'm damn pissed with the hospital at Whitley Road now, I mean it's so obviously that it's their fault that Whisky's nerves were damaged in the first place. I don't know how his nerves were damaged in the first place and I don't think I would ever find out. If it was damaged during the surgery, then it's their fault. If it was Whisky who damaged his nerves by thrashing around because of the pain, it's also their fault. He was under their care, they were supposed to be professionals and should stop him from hurting himself.
It's so unfair to Whisky and my family that this should happen. Whisky was there to remove stones, how did his leg come into the equation. It's like a person going for an operation on his arm but his leg became amputated.
I don't know how we are going to resolve this problem with the hospital. For now, I just hope that Whisky's paw doesn't need to be amputated. But from what I saw when his bandage was removed, that's pretty impossible.
For those who doesn't know, Whisky had an operation about a month ago to remove a stone in his bladder. The stone forms because of his diet, and his body doesn't agree with the food or something.
After the operation, he started dragging his right hind leg while moving, the vets at a certain animal hospital on Whitley Road said that it was because while he was waking up, the pain from the surgery caused him to thrash around and he injured himself. And the symptoms look like it was damage to his nerves.
Because he drags his feet while walking, the top side of his paw was injured with abrasions and all. Several returns to the vet returned answers like "There's nothing that we can do but wait, he'll recover eventually." Eventually in this case meant 6 months.
They suggested that we bandaged his paw such that there would be protection and to reduce the damage to his paw. His paw was already starting to bleed by now. Get this, they provided the bandages and all for free. The last visit to that hospital came up with a bill of about $12. It could be good will, but I smell a fish.
Yesterday, my dad smelled something bad in the house and found out that it was coming from Whisky's paw. He changed the bandage and found out that it looked infected and all so we decided to bring him to another vet to get a 2nd opinion.
When the vet at Animal Clinic removed the bandage, Whisky's paw was already damaged and infected to such an extent that his bone could be seen. Yet he doesn't feel a thing because of the damage to his nerves. The foot pads on that paw were also falling off because the tissues were dying.
The vet said that there was nothing she could do for now besides to clean the wound and that we should return on Tuesday so that her boss, who has more experience could take a look at Whisky's paw. Then came the bad news, if her boss decides that the damage is too severe, the infected part might have to be amputated. After hearing this, my mum started crying and I almost fainted because of the combined effect of the shock and the stench that was coming from the decaying flesh.
Whisky's home for now, he's really a 苦命狗. He already had 3 surgeries before and also fell sick from many illnesses. He would become out of breath easily when he was young because the bones of his windpipe was soft and they sometimes collapse and then he would have to open it by "sneezing". He's only 16 months old.
I'm damn pissed with the hospital at Whitley Road now, I mean it's so obviously that it's their fault that Whisky's nerves were damaged in the first place. I don't know how his nerves were damaged in the first place and I don't think I would ever find out. If it was damaged during the surgery, then it's their fault. If it was Whisky who damaged his nerves by thrashing around because of the pain, it's also their fault. He was under their care, they were supposed to be professionals and should stop him from hurting himself.
It's so unfair to Whisky and my family that this should happen. Whisky was there to remove stones, how did his leg come into the equation. It's like a person going for an operation on his arm but his leg became amputated.
I don't know how we are going to resolve this problem with the hospital. For now, I just hope that Whisky's paw doesn't need to be amputated. But from what I saw when his bandage was removed, that's pretty impossible.
posted by darkfire1013 at
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