Turns out my little monkey isn't quite out of the wars yet and still has quite a bit of recovery time to go. On the routine follow up check at the vets on Friday (yesterday), the vet has discovered she has a broken shoulder blade (scapula). It wasn't picked up on her original x-rays because it was the lower chest and pelvis area they were more concerned about.
So... Maddy has to have another x-ray on Monday to assess the damage, and will need an operation to pin her back together again, either with wires or metal plates. I will have a wee bionic kitty cat :O(
The poor litle mite has been ever so good this week and hasn't appeared to be in any pain other than limping and favouring her good front leg. The back ones seem okay. I thought it was odd that she looked lopsided when she sat up but just thought it was because her muscles were sore where she was bruised. The vet had a good poke and prod yesterday and bless her, Maddy never flinched at all. Leone the vet said she could hear crunching and reckons her shoulder blade has snapped and is lying in a weird position. She said it's a really unusual injury to have without more damage elsewhere. At least they have found out the problem sooner rather than later and hopefully can get her treatment underway soon. It will most likely mean after the op that she'll need to be 'caged' for a while to prevent movement.
So that's my news on Maddy... will update when I know more. Lots of TLC from now on
Sx
14 years ago
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