The Vet Calls.........

Monday February 12th 2007 1:00pm

The Vet calls.
Bracken is stable, she has been X-rayed and there is nothing broken........great, excellent, magic, she's OK I thought.
You know when you get that feeling way down deep when you just know there's going to be a "BUT"......we'll I had it.
"But" says the Vet, it may have been better had she broken something, Bracken has lost the use and feeling in her right leg. This is due to damage she has sustained when she hit / was hit by the car. She has damaged a nerve called the Radial which travels from the spine through her neck and down her leg. We will need to Keep her in overnight to monitor.

I can't remember exactly when and how, but it was during this call that the word "Amputation" was used and the phrase "Cut her Loses"

What does all this mean I ask.......?

Damage to the radial nerve in dog's can cause paralysis of the limbs, in Bracken's case her right leg. She has no feeling in it and she is unable to move it.

Will it get better I ask......?

Maybe, it all depends how severe the damage to the nerve is, sometimes it can heal sometimes not. Sometimes you need to "cut your loses" and "amputate" the limb.

Call us tomorrow and we'll take it from there, the Vet said.

Now I'm in Shock, still a little unsure what all this means, but at least Bracken's in the right place with the people who can help her.