Poor Opal!

My kitten who likes to walk under foot got stepped on Friday. When I went to check on her she seemed OK. Her toes were alright and nothing felt broken. But when we put her on the floor to get her to walk a round she was favoring the leg and wouldn't bare any weight.


Luckily she had a vet appointment the next morning. Well a simple vaccine turned into a huge ordeal.


The Vet checked out her leg and as Mike and I had feared informed me that her hip had been dislocated. She spent all day in the Saturday in the Vet. She was sedated, xrayed and manipulated to get her hip back in place. They bandaged it and tried to secure the leg enough that it would stay in. Unfortunately once they dislocate a hip it's more than probable that it will dislocate again.


She woke of from sedation and it popped right back out.


Now the only option left is surgery. They will be cutting the ball off the top of her femur and her body will create a false joint. And she has to spend two weeks cooped up in a kennel so she can heal.


Poor Opal has to now go through a lot of pain for a simple little accident. Mike feels so bad! Poor baby!


Keep your fingers crossed everything goes OK!