Dog with broken pelvis?!


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Dog with broken pelvis?

my dog is almost three and last night while we were having a 4th of july party, she snuck outside and got hit by a car. i immediately got her to an emergency vet (naturally this happend on a saturday evening). the x-rays showed a broken pelvis which would need surgery being as the bone is jagged and could pierce her colon. tonight i'm supposed to decide to put her down or go ahead with the surgery. my boyfriend says that her quality of life would be diminished greatly and she should be put down. checking the internet i found many stories of dogs having fractured pelvises who healed well enough to even have puppies. there were no other major injuries (other than much scraped skin and a slight bruising on her lungs.
i'm sick about this and cannot put her down. i know it's going to be expensive and all, but what will her quality of life be?

please please anyone out there whon can give me some hope? what can i expect? i need answers asap! thank you all so much. sharin


Answers:

She can have the surgery and have a VERY good quality of life beyond that. Getting her put down would be a mistake since she does have a high rate of recovery. Would you get your child put to sleep if they needed surgery? Well, I wouldn't get my dog put to sleep either, she is my baby. I also suggest getting her crate trained so when you have future parties she can be safely restrained from running outside and getting hurt. She can have a good life after surgery, I wouldn't care what the cost, my baby would get the surgery and be pampered for the rest of her life!!!




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