catseyes
New member
today and its not good news.
He has more problems than we thought.
His ulna and radius are different lengths the ulna short and the radius is long and bowed, where it is bowing it is turning causing his feet to splay outwards we were told this will continue until his paws will end up like walrus flippers.
The radius is also not sat in the elbow joint but outside of it. Our options are all or nothing. All would be surgery on both legs, possibly 3 removing pieces of bone from the ulna, he said if the bones fills in too ast it needs to be repeated and can often take 3 goes.
That the elbow would need partially removing to create a space where the radius could sit in, there is no curve for it to sit that would need to be created, his radius put in place and held with braces, wires and pins and thr wires would need pulling daily to get it to hold in place and that there are no guarantees with any of this and the first op would be in the region of 10k not including follow ups, xrays, ct scans and meds.
He said we can do nothing and allow him to enjoy his life whilst he is pain free but he couldnt say how long that would last for.
He has more problems than we thought.
His ulna and radius are different lengths the ulna short and the radius is long and bowed, where it is bowing it is turning causing his feet to splay outwards we were told this will continue until his paws will end up like walrus flippers.
The radius is also not sat in the elbow joint but outside of it. Our options are all or nothing. All would be surgery on both legs, possibly 3 removing pieces of bone from the ulna, he said if the bones fills in too ast it needs to be repeated and can often take 3 goes.
That the elbow would need partially removing to create a space where the radius could sit in, there is no curve for it to sit that would need to be created, his radius put in place and held with braces, wires and pins and thr wires would need pulling daily to get it to hold in place and that there are no guarantees with any of this and the first op would be in the region of 10k not including follow ups, xrays, ct scans and meds.
He said we can do nothing and allow him to enjoy his life whilst he is pain free but he couldnt say how long that would last for.
