katie and missy Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 oh no how scary for all of u. hope he is on the mend and feeling better very soon x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kats inc Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 Poor Billy,healing thoughts on the way And some for Rosie too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fee Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 Poor Billy - it must have been horrible for your parents too. Sending good thoughts for all of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulesB Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 Poor lad Sending Billy and his family many positive thoughts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sproggie14 Posted January 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 Thank you again wonderful fugees. Your support is so much appreciated I'm still frustratingly in the dark at the moment. Billy has had an operation this afternoon to stitch what can be salvaged of the skin on his leg back together. Apparently he is likely to need skin grafts. My step dad is calling again at 7 to see if he is awake and eating (he hasn't eaten yet since the accident). I'm hoping we'll go to see him after that but my step dad is worried as to whether that will just upset him when they have to leave again. They're hoping to have him transferred to their usual vet in the morning (he's currently at an emergency vets). I really want to see him and speak to the vets as this isn't my step dad's area of understanding (he's probably as much use talking to a vet as I would be talking to a mechanic, which is his thing). I don't feel like I know what's happening really until I see him for myself. I'll update again later once I know more. Thank you again for all your thoughts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houndwoman Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 Sending good thoughts to dear Billy and hope he is up and (safely) running about soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 Hope Billy is soon on the mend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 Healing thoughts from me, and have requested Reiki for them both from two of my friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoT Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 Thinking of you, Billy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurel n Hardy Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 Billy & Rosie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peachy Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 Poor Billy and how worrying for Rosie and your parents. Hoping for good news soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safneo Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 Sending for everyone involved. I hope you can get some better news from the vet soon. I hope Rosie isnt fretting too much without Billy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sproggie14 Posted January 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 Thanks everyone. Well the great news is he is home His leg has received damage to the soft tissue, tendons and a bit of bone plus it severed his vein so he lost a lot of blood. He has some damage to his nose although he's not had an x-ray yet so not sure what and they think his chest and lungs are a bit bruised. The procedure he had earlier was just to remove some of the skin from his leg which had died. He will need some skin grafts at some point soon. So he is very heavily drugged at the moment and rather anaemic. But the vet felt he would be better off at home where he would be more relaxed and more likely to eat. He was able to walk over to us at the vets but promptly flumped on the floor bless him. Once home he was definitely more relaxed and had quite a good snooze. He has shown some interest in food but was finding it hard to co-ordinate his mouth really I think. He'll have to see their normal vet tomorrow for a dressing change under sedation and more pain relief. Rosie was very pleased to see him (and also quite pleased to see the bag of goodies we took over to encourage him to eat ) So really what he needs now is to eat something so please send him lots of eat something thoughts I'll continue to update on his progress. The vet thinks he has a rather long road ahead of him, probably a couple of months worth of surgeries and dressing changes, poor boy But at least he is home and there is nothing life threatening going on. I feel much happier having seen him and knowing that he's going to be ok. Thanks again everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 Glad to hear he is home. Hope he will eat something soon. Have you tried him on rice pud or scrambled egg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranirottie Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 from us,I always give my sick dogs sardines mashed with a bit of the oil with grated cheese on. It sounds disgusting but they have all loved it.I hope he feels better soon x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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