Post by Jo on May 6, 2015 6:24:03 GMT
This tiny girl is Madge. We were asked to help with her by our good friends at V.E.T.S Ltd in Ystrad Mynach who we are always delighted to work with. Madge had a badly broken leg and knowing our situation with a large outstanding vet bill one of the V.E.T.S team, Chris Butler, paid for Madge to have her leg repaired prior to asking for our help out of his own pocket. The surgery was carried out by Clare Maslin-Jones and team at St David's vet clinic at a very discounted rate. We offered to reimburse Chris for the cost of Madge's surgery but he refused.
Chris and Helen Graffham, another of the V.E.T.S team, cared for Madge who was due to come in to our care a few days later but then disaster struck. The little minx managed to snap the plate in her leg. We discussed the way forward and there were two options, either amputate the leg or try and get a repair carried out by an orthopedic specialist knowing that this would be costly. We had to try and save the leg.
Madge is only about a year old and we were determined to try and avoid amputation. Chris contacted Russell Chandler at Alpha Vets in Pontypool on our behalf. Russell has operated on a number of our dogs in the past and has huge expertise in orthopedic cases and he agreed to try and help. Madge was taken to his practise and he felt it was worth a shot so he went ahead and replaced the broken plate with a slightly longer one and and splinted the leg to try and prevent the second one snapping. Russell charged us £1,200 which, although a large amount of money, it is no where near the usual charge for this type of surgery and hospitalisation.
One of the brilliant nurses at Maesglas, Kelly Warner, agreed to foster Madge and she was moved to Kelly's care. Madge was also being treated for an eye condition possible incurred at the same time as her broken leg. Disaster struck for a second time when Madge's damaged eye ruptured and the vets at Maesglas stepped in to remove it. Since then she has been making good progress and although it is still too early to call we are very hopeful that Madge will make a good recovery. Kelly is a trained animal physiotherapist so little Madge could not be in better hands.
Madge is one of the special cases that have squeezed in through our closed door during the last month but with so many wonderful people fighting her corner how could we possibly have said no when she needed our help. A massive thank you to all the people who stepped up to help Madge, total stars.
Chris and Helen Graffham, another of the V.E.T.S team, cared for Madge who was due to come in to our care a few days later but then disaster struck. The little minx managed to snap the plate in her leg. We discussed the way forward and there were two options, either amputate the leg or try and get a repair carried out by an orthopedic specialist knowing that this would be costly. We had to try and save the leg.
Madge is only about a year old and we were determined to try and avoid amputation. Chris contacted Russell Chandler at Alpha Vets in Pontypool on our behalf. Russell has operated on a number of our dogs in the past and has huge expertise in orthopedic cases and he agreed to try and help. Madge was taken to his practise and he felt it was worth a shot so he went ahead and replaced the broken plate with a slightly longer one and and splinted the leg to try and prevent the second one snapping. Russell charged us £1,200 which, although a large amount of money, it is no where near the usual charge for this type of surgery and hospitalisation.
One of the brilliant nurses at Maesglas, Kelly Warner, agreed to foster Madge and she was moved to Kelly's care. Madge was also being treated for an eye condition possible incurred at the same time as her broken leg. Disaster struck for a second time when Madge's damaged eye ruptured and the vets at Maesglas stepped in to remove it. Since then she has been making good progress and although it is still too early to call we are very hopeful that Madge will make a good recovery. Kelly is a trained animal physiotherapist so little Madge could not be in better hands.
Madge is one of the special cases that have squeezed in through our closed door during the last month but with so many wonderful people fighting her corner how could we possibly have said no when she needed our help. A massive thank you to all the people who stepped up to help Madge, total stars.
