Mar 30 2009 | The FULL Story:

Our poor Kiela "P" [Rottweiler / lab / ?] is currently in process of undergoing a sugary!

Why, you might be thinking?

To fix her poor leg she falayed open this Saturday, after becoming startled from chewing on her butt when Z told her to stop [moved his chair back which startled her, causing her to jump up].

She cut a nice 3" long by nearly 1/2" deep cut into her leg, on the very backside of her heel / leg [above her "knee"]
The cooperate: our baseboard heater.
Our "great" previous tenant decided for some weird ass reason it was a good idea to raise the baseboard off the ground by nearly 1/2 a foot, WITHOUT any kind of cover, etc. So when the poor girl jumped up, she snagged her leg on the underside of the baseboard, cutting into her leg! :'S

Upon changing / cleaning her wounds Sun [no vet offices open over weekend here at time of accident, Sat + NO answers from emergency calls!] I was wondering why it was that her wound appeared to be hollow, or more open then a normal cut at the most inner part.
Instead of being shaped like a "v" as normal cuts would, hers was more of a falayed upside-down "t", as it opened about 1/2"-1" wide with a gap / space / indent where the innermost part of her cut met the solid / muscular part of her body.

The reason I found out today upon dropping her off at the vet's office:
she cut her tendon, all the way through!
This also explains why she held he leg up so much, as also why she appeared to not be able to stand on her leg for more then a minuet or two before her leg shot back up again, in the held position. :'S [not a relaxed potion due to pain as I thought, but mer fact that she couldn't support it for very long, nor move her foot itself]

The cost BEFORE surgery: $600-900 [quoted] !!!
before discovery of cut tendon: [up to] $100-200 JUST for stitches, if sleeping gas needed! + the $30 vet office fee [of course]!

Doc said he's had cases where the tendon re-broke after sugary, and she most likely "wont be the same athlete she was before," + she'll have to wear a splint for 3-4 weeks while recovering...but then again, he also said Lilly's "goiter" [blood abscess in the nap of her throat] might come back after sugary...that was almost 3 years ago now of "goiter" freedom!

Z blames himself for it happening, as he moved his chair backward, startling her while she chewed on her butt due to her hot-spots. Yet I tried to tell him otherwise...it was just an unfortunate accident, as it was a culmination of bad things coming together at the same time to create a very bad overall situation.
I'm at least grateful I have the time to be able to stay with her for the majority of the week [due to being on unemployment]...even when the last term starts next week [only on Thurs, which is Z's day off]. :)

Fingers crossed, hopin' for the best!