Note From Kiela:
Saturday, March 28th, 2009. That's the day my leg got badly hurt!
My mommy told me the vet said the thing that makes my leg move [Achilles tendon] had been cut clean through. The cut I got...a cheap fix over the tendon repair...but I'm getting ahead of myself.
You must be wondering how this happened?
I was minding my own business, laying in my usual spot next to my daddy [sitting in his chair], near the warm spot on the wall [baseboard heater].
I suddenly got that annoying itch near my tail I always get, and went to bite on it. Mom and dad don't like when I do that, and always yell at me to stop. That day was no exception, and since mom was gone, dad turned his computer chair to stop me. I jumped up to pout [and slightly startled], and that's when it happened:
My leg snagged under the warm spot [baseboard was unusually higher then normal on wall] which cut a big sore on my leg [3" x .4" cut following the tendon, not across].
It happened at a time vet offices are closed [5:30-ish pm, Saturday] making my dad call the emergency number...only there was another problem...
There was NO answers!
So my mom and dad did the next best thing: cleaned / closed the wound...I hated that stinging stuff! [used regular medical cleaning aid, and butterfly bandages]
It wasn't until Monday that my mom and dad could get me into the vet's office. I hated it because I was forced to lay down all weekend, plus my leg hurt...although I never let them know it [aside from occasionally trying to lick it; she's a Stubborn Rottweiler + Lab + ?]!
My poor mom and dad [owners] weren't aware of how bad it actually was! I knew something was wrong, as my foot felt weird. Even though I couldn't move it, I could still stand on it...making an illusion as though I could still use my foot! This is why mom and dad didn't know it was as bad as it really was!
By Monday, I had licked that pesky thing [butterfly bandages] off my wound, so I could get to it and lick it. Mom wasn't happy when she saw that! It sucked, as she then put more of that stinging smelly water on my wound [hydrogen peroxide], which stung!
After that, she took me in to see the vet...and left me!
She said later that doc told her he wanted to put me in surgery ASAP, and wanted to prep me.
Luckily, my original cut worked out to be an advantage...more details about that and what happened on a different post though! [here]