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Old 09-08-2008 | 12:51 PM
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we talked about splinting it and where the break is on the bone is right about where the edge of the splint would go, putting more pressure on the break itself. As far as plating it goes, there may not be enough bone on the bottum piece to get a good hold. The break is down toward the bottum of the femur about an inch and a half-two inches from the end of the bone.

Her attutude is the same as any other day, which is part of the roblem. It's dang near impossible to keep an energetic dog confined and calm anough to keep that bone from shifting a little. We're going to keep her at the vet clinic for the next couple weeks in their smaller kennel. that and she also seems to be a lot calmer when she's in there than when I have her at home in her kennel. She would just be bouncin off the walls in the morning when I would go out to feed her and thats not real conductive to healing a broken leg.

I've got my fingers crossed X
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