Tuesday update (which covers last Tuesday until today)
Marvin's splint was removed last Tuesday just 1 day short of 8 weeks. During the visit, she was sedated, the splint was removed, and the integrity of the bone was felt & x-ray'd.
Latest images (I wish there was better consistency between imaging sessions)...
(not much change from the last iffy angle)
(not much change from the last positive angle)
She needs to recover movement in her splinted joints, which isn't a surprise after almost 8 weeks, and that means keeping her quiet and reducing her activity for 2 weeks. She was moving around on the right foot as if it was still splinted at first. The toes were held straight and extended, and the foot was fairly internally rotated, which is probably a combination of the new curvature of the bone, and also how it was splinted.
Over the past week, her toes can curl 30-40% of normal mobility (making a full foot-fist would be 100% in my estimation), and her ankle is also slowly gaining some flexion.
In the image below, the red arrow is the break, and the green arrow is the ankle. Marvin's ankle is approximately equal to the angle in this image, which is also making her toes be at a similar angle. My observation of the others, when they're perching, is the metatarsus is quite close to horizontal, so the ankle has a fair bit of flexibility missing.
The first image of the foot once we were home...
(not bad for being wrapped up for 8 weeks, and it's already looking much better after a bath and some time)
Some successes over the past week...
Marvin did a step-up with her right (injured) foot a couple days ago, and her toes are somewhat more responsive than they were. Toes were mostly flat and unmoving, and now they're slightly curled and move a bit when gently touched.
When she was sitting with me last night, she balanced on her right foot and scratched her head with her left, which made me quite happy to see.
Overall, I can feel the majority of her weight on her left foot when she's perched on me, so both those actions were a step in a positive direction.
This coming week will be more of the same slow gentle recovery, and the vet said no follow up was needed unless we ran into issues.
She's happy, and I'm happy.
Costs
Previous: $1920.85
Today: $232.27 (no charge for last week's remote session)
Total: $2153.12
Kilometres
Previous: 2077km
Today: 341km
Total: 2418km
