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Bitsy is in pain from her leg
Hi everyone. I've not posted to this group in a long time but I now
have a problem and wonder if anyone can suggest anything. Bitsy is a seven year old brown tabby. She is just a barrel of energy and always on the go. Last Wednesday morning she was on the island in my kitchen waiting for me to finish my cereal so that she could have her drink of milk. Somehow, she got to close to the edge, lost her balance and fell off the island. She immediately started to scream in pain and I thought she had broken her leg. I grabbed her, called the vet and went immediately with her to the vet's office. By the time I got there, she had stopped crying. When we took her out of the carrier, she walked fine and the vet felt her leg, pulled it, etc. and no reaction from Bitsy. The vet was stumped but felt she was fine. I took her home and other than being quieter than normal, she was fine. That night, she started crying again, obviously in a great deal of pain from the leg. I kept her quiet and after about two hours, she was fine. I returned to the vet the next day. Again the vet poked and prodded and stretched the leg and could find nothing that seemed to hurt her. She suggested I keep her quiet for a few days and see if it got better. She was reluctant to do x-rays as she felt she would have to sedate her to get a proper reading. Since last Thursday, the eposodes of lameness and pain have recurred several times but each time they seemed less severe and she recovered faster. However, tonight she had a bad eposode when she couldn't walk and seemed in a great deal of pain. I kept her quiet and after about an hour she seemed o.k., got under the bed and stayed there for another half hour or so. Then she comes upstairs, walking just fine and in no pain. I'm taking her in to the vet first thing tomorrow for x-rays. I'm stumped and the vet seems stumped. Does anyone have any suggestions? Could it be: a knee or hip bone that pops out then pops back in? a pinched nerve? a hairline fracture? All I can trace it to is the fall but this periodic weakness and pain is quite concerning. She's also not her usual bubbly, energic self. Any help would be appreciated. |
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Bitsy is in pain from her leg
ultra sound to see if the knee or ligament has been damaged if the x-ray
doesn't show anything "junebug" wrote in message oups.com... Hi everyone. I've not posted to this group in a long time but I now have a problem and wonder if anyone can suggest anything. Bitsy is a seven year old brown tabby. She is just a barrel of energy and always on the go. Last Wednesday morning she was on the island in my kitchen waiting for me to finish my cereal so that she could have her drink of milk. Somehow, she got to close to the edge, lost her balance and fell off the island. She immediately started to scream in pain and I thought she had broken her leg. I grabbed her, called the vet and went immediately with her to the vet's office. By the time I got there, she had stopped crying. When we took her out of the carrier, she walked fine and the vet felt her leg, pulled it, etc. and no reaction from Bitsy. The vet was stumped but felt she was fine. I took her home and other than being quieter than normal, she was fine. That night, she started crying again, obviously in a great deal of pain from the leg. I kept her quiet and after about two hours, she was fine. I returned to the vet the next day. Again the vet poked and prodded and stretched the leg and could find nothing that seemed to hurt her. She suggested I keep her quiet for a few days and see if it got better. She was reluctant to do x-rays as she felt she would have to sedate her to get a proper reading. Since last Thursday, the eposodes of lameness and pain have recurred several times but each time they seemed less severe and she recovered faster. However, tonight she had a bad eposode when she couldn't walk and seemed in a great deal of pain. I kept her quiet and after about an hour she seemed o.k., got under the bed and stayed there for another half hour or so. Then she comes upstairs, walking just fine and in no pain. I'm taking her in to the vet first thing tomorrow for x-rays. I'm stumped and the vet seems stumped. Does anyone have any suggestions? Could it be: a knee or hip bone that pops out then pops back in? a pinched nerve? a hairline fracture? All I can trace it to is the fall but this periodic weakness and pain is quite concerning. She's also not her usual bubbly, energic self. Any help would be appreciated. |
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