My Buddy Cat has a Broken Leg

I have a female cat named Buddy, Ive had her for about five years. Buddy always sleeps at the foot of my bed with my husband and I and we always sleep with the door closed. Tuesday morning we woke up to her screaming like crazy and she was hunkered up by the bedroom door, she wouldnt let us get close to her leg. We thought maybe she just sprained it jumping off the bed because she is a fairly large cat. she is a big squishy 16lbs. Anyway when we got home from work she was just laying on the floor and still wouldnt let us get close to her leg, she would hiss and bite and she never hisses and bites. We took her to the emergency vet and they did xrays and found her back leg was snapped in two and splintered. We have no idea at all how it happened. The vet put a split on it and sent us home. Buddy screamed and cried all night. That next morning I took her to my regular vet and she said her leg would need to be amputated ther was no repairing it and it was going to cost about $900. I dont have that kind of money and I was affraid I was going to have to put her down. I cried and cried and came to the conclusion "Would I kill a child over a broken leg?" HELL NO...Why would I do that to my cat who is just like my child. Anyway after alot of begging and pleading with my vet, She told me about a foundation that helps with the cost of pet surgerories for people who cant afford it and all they ask in return is to volunteer some of you time to the local animal shelters.. No problem here, I will do anything for my baby Buddy. The foundation set up an appointment for her at a different vet for Monday for an eval. So she will get her amputation. I just worry how she will adjust because like I said she is a fatty. It really worries me. I dont know what to expect or will this change my cats personality because she is just the sweetist most lovable kitty ever.
Has anybody else experienced this before and what should I expect to happen?

Thank you for the welcome.
The ER vet gave her no pain meds but my regular vet did and since she has been taking them she hasnt been crying so its helping. Shes been purring and letting us love on her. I hope she stays the same loving cat after her surgeory.

we have discussed it with the vet and we will be trying to get her down a few lbs. We normally keep food down all the time because we have a ragdoll cat also but shes only about 5lbs (full grown and small) Ive had her for almost 10 years. Im going to have to start putting the food down just a few times a day. It will be eaiser while Buddy is confined and healing because then I can control how much she eats. Right now I have her in my bathroom with a baby gate accross the door because the vet said to keep her confined so ive been giving her one bowl of food aday. Ive noticed shes been eating it but she really hasnt been drinking and that kind of worries me.

Thanks for the advice about the wet food. I was trying to add water to her dry food to make it moist but it just made a mess. I will talk to the vet and see which food to put her on.

Buddy went to the vet this morning to get her splint changed and she did so good. her pain meds are really helping. She is drinking her water now and shes acting like herself again. I tried to bring her down into my living room this evening so she could lay on the carpet and have company for a little while. She wasnt very comfortable in the open, I could tell she was very nervous so I had to put her back into the bathroom with the gate up and shes happy as lark in there.
Monday is the big evaluation day for her surgeory.

Thank you all for the hugs and prayer for Buddy.
Its her right back leg that is broken and she weights about 16.5 lbs shes pretty big. It might take her a while after the surgeory to be able to get around. I bought her a new soft bed today and she loves it. shes been purring and kneeding on it all day. She hasnt left it. Shes just so silly sometimes.

I dont know what I should do. Its 1:30 in the morning and she has urinated on herself and got her splint all wet. I was told that her splint shoulndt get wet at all, and we dont have a vet appt untill tomorrow eve. Should I take her splint off and just let her leg dangle until her appointment?

Great news. Buddy had her eval with the surgeon yesterday and he said he could fix her leg instead of amputation. She had her surgeory today and they plated her leg. The vet said she did very well and will get to come home tomorrow. He also told me she needs to lose weight.
I have to keep her confined for two weeks and then she will go back and get her stitches out. Im so happy she gets to keep her leg. Thanks to every one for the good wishes and prayers it really helped.

Thank you I will. I tried to attach a picture of my Buddy cat. I hope it came out.

Buddy has come home today. She seems to be doing well. After her surgory her leg seems to look twisted but we will see. she goes back for a checkup next week. They gave her some strange pain meds, it a liquid that I have to rub on her ear twice a day. Ive never heard of that before.
For now shes in a dog crate shes not supposed to be moving around much. I'll keep everyone posted on her progress.

My Buddy cats been home now for 4 days. Shes doinng so good.
Her leg kinda grosses me out a little. Since the vet fixed it, its kinda twisted and it just looks like it hurts like crazy. Shes walking on it kindof and shes taking it so well.
We are working on her diet now. Its easy since we have her in a crate she gets fed one small can of food aday. What will be hard is when she is out of her crate, because we have two other cats that we keep food down for all the time and they are skinny. I guess Im just going to have to get them used to a feeding time.

Buddy cat is doing awesome. She hasnt been messing with her insiscion and she goes back to the vet on Monday for her final checkup. Her attitude is back to her normal loving self just purring away. A few more days in the crate. I dont keep her in the crate all the time. When I can keep an eye on her I let her out to walk around and get some use out of her leg, the vet said it would be good for her to start walking on it.
As far as her diet. I giver her one small can of wet food in the morning before I go to work and then she gets a little bit (1/2 cup) of her dry food at dinner time. She normally doesnt finish all the dry food so I leave it in the crate with her and she will finish it when she gets hungry. She seems to do well with her eating times.
Im so glad that this incident didnt change her and make her mean, Ive heard of that happening to some cats. Shes my baby girl.

So Buddy has the A-OK from the vet. her leg is healing perfectly. A few more days in the crate and she can roam the house again on Tuesday. I cant wait.