My dog got tore up pretty badly but the worse thing about it is that his front leg got broken in two places to the point it protruded out the skin. I’m going out of my mind trying to scrunge up money to get him help. An orthopedic vet is supposed to call me tomorrow to set me up an appointment. Hopefully they’ll stick to their word. In the mean time I’m looking to make caring for my boy easier. I do have dog pads but I’m also looking into diapers. He’s a large breed, overweight, and aged. Once we got him neutered he blew up like a buffalo. I keep finding diapers geared toward female dogs and wraps but nothing is clear on injured male dogs, especially when it comes to pooping. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Edit: Okay, wow. I’m doing the best I can so I would appreciate people not jumping to conclusions with an obvious cliff notes version of my situation.
I managed to get him to an ER vet that cleaned his wounds and gave him a dose of pain and antibiotics treatments. They of course stinted the leg back. I then took him to my regular vet. All I got was X-rays out that visit and some suggestions on where I could take him to get further treatment no meds. I thought they would prescribe me some but they didn’t. The place that could do surgery said they would call me tomorrow because their doctor was currently out. My vet did not stitch any injuries and I’m pretty sure they did not change the stint because it fell off when I got him home. I did my best to stint it back in place. The vet suggested Tylenol so I’m waiting on my husband to get off of work with some.
I running on 2 hours sleep, paid with money I barely have to get him treated, I’m worried out of mind. I obviously do not want to lose my dog so obviously I’m going to look at my options before even considering euthanasia. I’m still doing my best to get him help but I can’t help that vets are short staffed and can’t see him immediately. And by the way I couldn’t put him in a shelter even if I wanted to because they are full. I posted to get help not to be ridiculed because I didn’t feel the need to post the hell I’ve been through since I found him in his condition. So thanks. I really needed the extra torment as if the situation wasn’t already making me fall apart.