Dimitri the stray kitten hit by car...Can anyone help???

[moosmom]

I talked to Karen just now about Dimitri. I told her what you said Lvpets2002 about amputating the leg. I thought Dimitri was a feral kitten, but he's a stray that is very friendly. I convinced her to have the leg amputated rather than have him go through the surgery, because even the vet said it had no guarantees. I told her that he is young and will adapt just fine. I promised her that I would help her find him a furrever home once he's well healed. She said she'd keep him with her till then. I offered to take him if she couldn't.

So, as of right now, Dimitri will lose his leg thanks to a jerk who didn't stop. He will need all the PT prayers that my friends here can muster.

For those of you who emailed me, a big

THANK YOU!!!!!

[lvpets2002]

Many Thanks for the Input.. I had a friend that her Vet talked her into doing all of the pins & braces on her baby's damaged legg & she spent $3,000.00 && two years down the road && they still had to amputate the legg.. I have heard more stories since the same way.. This wittle one being so young will do just great with 3 leggss.. Like I said my Yar Yar can out run the 4 leggeedd babies.. Now what is the new $$ & I will see what I can gather up.. Many Thanks for being there for our wittle friends..

I talked to Karen just now about Dimitri. I told her what you said Lvpets2002 about amputating the leg. I thought Dimitri was a feral kitten, but he's a stray that is very friendly. I convinced her to have the leg amputated rather than have him go through the surgery, because even the vet said it had no guarantees. I told her that he is young and will adapt just fine. I promised her that I would help her find him a furrever home once he's well healed. She said she'd keep him with her till then. I offered to take him if she couldn't.

So, as of right now, Dimitri will lose his leg thanks to a jerk who didn't stop. He will need all the PT prayers that my friends here can muster.

For those of you who emailed me, a big

THANK YOU!!!!!

[moosmom]

She talked to the vet who is adamant about doing the repair rather than amputate. I called my vet, told him that Dimitri had a lateral/medial conjugal fracture of the leg and asked him what he thought. He said it's based on cost. If money is no object (which it is here) then repair surgery is the way to go. However, he said the issue at hand with repair vs. amputation on a 6 month old kitten, is the growth plates in that leg will not grow after it's been damaged and repaired and the leg may have to be amputated evntually anyway.

$1200 seems like an awful lot of money to me. Not sure if my vet would do it cheaper, as I'm sure he'd want to evaluate Dimitri before giving an estitmate. I told Karen I'd be willing to bring him to my vet for a second opinion.

I'm still waiting for a call back from Karen. Stay tuned.

[Grace]

$1200 seems like an awful lot of money to me.

That sounds fine to me. Our Grady had to have an interlocking nail inserted for a very badly fractured leg. He had the surgery and spent 2 days in the hospital. Our total bill was $1236.

We took him to East Lansing, MSU, which I was told would be cheaper than a private vet, our tax dollars at work and all. We were totally delighted with the quality of care he received - and especially that the bill was about half of what it would have been if we'd taken him to the specialists in Southfield.

[kuhio98]

No advice/experience on treatment -- but you might post on fundable.com to try to recoop some of the costs.

Keep the asking amount low. If you don't get ALL the funds you're requesting by the deadline -- you get NONE. But, they don't close it if you raise all the funds -- so you could end up getting more than you originally requested.

Fingers, paws and whiskers crossed.

[carole]

Oh how terribly sad,what a dilemma for you all, i sure hope the best can be done for this poor little kitten, here in NZ it is illegal to hit an animal and not stop, but they still get away with it, that is what happened to Zara the semi-feral who was one of my rescue cats kittens,that i had spayed, and was killed a week later, they hit her and did not stop,i wished i had witnessed it, i would have taken down the licence plate and reported them, maybe it is time to get a petition organised in that state and get the law changed.

I wish you all the best with this baby , and hope there is a good outcome.

[critters]

Having been both ways, I TOTALLY agree with the amputation route. TK's pin shifted, and ended up coming out her back. It was terribly painful for her, and she was an adult. I can't imagine pinning a baby's leg and having a good result. My tripods are both fine, and once it's healed, it's over.