I am sooo upset right now. This week has been really rough. As many of ya'll know- i am fostering a beautiful Jindo dog named Norris right now after he had recently been run over by a car due to a very bad adoption. To make a long story short- he was adopted on saturday, and found by a good samaritan (in imense pain) on Thursday. When we went to pick him up and brought him back the vet that does our spay/neuters said the he had been run over at least two days before due to the swelling. So that means he was hit approx. on Tuesday. He was supposed to have had his orthapedic surgery yesterday! Ok- the last time i had called to check on him yesterday was around 2pm and they had not yet done his surgery but told me he would be ready to pick up this morning. Flash foward to this morning- when i went into work i asked my boss about what time i should go get him/etc. It was then that she told me that she was furious- when she had called the vets office- they STILL had not done his surgery!
Norris leg is broken from the hip down with shattared fragments of bone in there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and they had not done his surgery!
So when we called the vets office they said i could eithor come and pick him up today or leave him there until they get an available spot to do his surgery next week (probably tuesday)!!!! Uhhhhhh! I chewed them out! He was supposed to have already had his surgery! So of course- i went and picked him up to take him home. (it's not like they're going to do his surgery tomorrow or monday due to the holiday anways!) When i got there- the receptionists were very rude- they weren't helping any of the customers or doing crap! It took me 40 minutes to get sorted out where he was and get him. When i went back there- i asked if they had given him any pain meds or any antibiotics- they said they hadn't given him anything! His leg is in shambles and they did nothing for him!
The ONLY thing they did was x-ray him! So they saw how bad his leg was and still did nothing for him! Those horrid people! And do you want to know why they did nothing??? Because he is a shelter animal and has no home to go to- he is not at the top of their priority list- EVEN THOUGH our shelter pays the same amount for our animals we take there as everyone else! All those people see are dollar signs. I hope this comes back to bite them in their butts! So now poor Norris is suffering because of their cold hearts. To make things even better (please note my sarcasm
) They did not even cast his leg or stabalize it to provide support to the injury!!! What are those idiots thinking???? His leg is broken from the hip down and there are shattared fragments all throughout- if you do not stabalize it- it can make it worse and even lead to amputation!!! Yet they don't care. They were like "oh, he'll be ok" - i was like- no he will not! that is common sense- any one knows that a break needs to be supported (in most instances- but definitely in his). They are just lazy and didn't want to waste their time. They had him in a tinsy tiny cage (Norris is a big dog!) and hadn't given him any meds for the pain he was in. When i asked them if he had recently had a bowel movement or eaten, and when the last time he had been attended to- nobody could give me a straight answer. (and you know what ticks me off- at the shelter where i work- we have tons of dogs- way more than thats vets office-i can go though name by name and tell you what each dogs poo looks like, if they are sick, what meds they are on- you name it. I CARE! - they are getting paid to care for these animals yet still don't know a thing!) I'm beyond upset at this. I was origionally glad that Norris would be going to this vets office because one of the vets there is supposedly one of the best in orthapedic surgery around here. Yet now that i've seen what they've done (and this isn't the first time they've pulled something like this recently) I will NEVER bring my animals there again! They told me to bring Norris in on Wed morning when they open and they'll see if they have an available opening that day. I told them that is not good enough- that they had BETTER get him in ASAP! And boy- man i tell you what- my bosses found out what they had done and they laid into them! We are currently looking for a new vets office/contract now as a result of this and other recent issues. Our shelter animals deserve just as good of care and love as any other one does!
(rant over)
and for now- Norris is in his crate in our kitchen with me watching him around the clock. there is NO way i was leaving him there to not be proplery cared for. My boss had some pain meds at the shelter i could give him- so i've given him a dose for the night and he's resting. Please pray for Norris that the break doesn't become any worse and his leg does not need to be amputated. I am sooo upset
This little guy did not deserve any of this. When are people going to start caring
Little Norris is already starting to walk like a tripod (3 -legged animal) and is not putting any pressure or anything on that broken leg- it looks just aweful
) He seems to be getting around ok for now- we are keeping him in his kennel so he won't do any more damage to the break and only taking him outside to go potty on a lead. He is just the best dog too- loves all my other animals, is completly house broken, knows all his commands...he's just amazing. He didn't deserve this
As of right now i have not bandaged his leg because if i do it even the slightest bit wrong....it can do more harm than good since the break is soo bad. They should have at least casted it until his surgery
(rant over)
and for now- Norris is in his crate in our kitchen with me watching him around the clock. there is NO way i was leaving him there to not be proplery cared for. My boss had some pain meds at the shelter i could give him- so i've given him a dose for the night and he's resting. Please pray for Norris that the break doesn't become any worse and his leg does not need to be amputated. I am sooo upset
