Poor buddy!

We went up north of Phoenix to do a little 4wheeling, gold panning and letting the kids and dogs run around with GlamisCoyote today. Well, we went off of Table Mesa Rd. and were excited to try a new area. unbeknownst to us, apparently assholes go out there and shoot the crap out of all kinds of stuff and just leave their trash every where! That makes me so PISSED OFF that the beautiful desert is trashed, but that is another thread.

So we stop at our 1st pull of and let dogs and kids out, and make a game plan for where we are going next. There was the above mentioned trash, but we have been other places like this and did not think much of it. Time to go, round up kids and dogs, then Savannah says "omg mom, Angel is bleeding!" so we pull over, I get into back area of the Burb and asses the damage to the dogs paws and the carpet and seat in my Burb. She has a couple of tiny marks, nothing bad so I say lets keep going. I checked Turbo's front paws, zero damage.

So we are moseying down the road and suddenly I see another huge puddle of blood on the blanket by Turbo! Sure enough, his back paw is sliced open! He makes not a peep as I try 1st aid on him. So we keep going because paw wounds are like head wounds, they bleed alot from little damage. So next stop we all get out w/Turbo on his leash this time. lift the back paw and rinse it with water, sure as hell, he sliced one of his "toes" open all the way across on his back paw! So we get him back in the truck, engineer a 1st aid bandage with a sock and duct tape and keep him inside. He was not in ANY pain! He was just wanting to get out and play We go to our last stop becuase the bleeding slowed down, and it was the Agua Fria river (GORGOUS sport FYI) and boy was Turbo REALLY bummed no playing in the water for him!

Finally we get home around 5 after a 25.00 bandage/wraps stop @ Walgreens, and I told Doug we will clean it up and decide if I need to go to Emergency vet tonight.

Wellll...took of the duct tape bandage and he STILL bleeding like crazy. 1st GOOD look we had at it, and it is a good 1/8th inch deep by about 1/8+inch wide...So off to the vet I go. Waited there for about 3 hours for him to be seen etc, and they pump him up on some pain killers to clean and bandage the wound (she said was really bad one, she wanted to try stitching it up, but I could not afford it @ 750.00!!!) after they are all done, I get my Bubba back and he is in happy land. After a total of 5.5 hours there...The vet said after they scrubbed it out there wasn't enough good flesh to get for stitching anyway so will just have to keep an eye on it and it'll take 4-6 weeks to heal. Poor guy gets no pool, no wet ground, no running, and a cone for all that time while healing. So just send a lil love Turbos way for a speedy recovery!

damn, i hope turbo will be allright! sorry it happen.

I wanted to take a pic of it but could not manage it by myself in the vet's office and it was bleeding way to much to do it @ home. Thx rhino guy!

Poor Turbo! Good luck trying to keep him out of water, and not running! Probably the pain meds will help initially though. Lotta love sent Turbo's way Muah!

poor guy
Speedy recovery to Turbo

good thoughts sent to turbo

Hey QG what's the news with that turbo fella?

What a long week!
But the tail ends good!

So after shelling out 300 bucks at the emergency vet Sunday (OUCH) for the vet to look at it, pain shot, wound scrub and bandage, 4 (yes FOUR) pain pills and 7 days of antibiotics, they said they recommended stitches, but they said would be about 1K total. Said it was so large and deep would take 2-3 MONTHS to heal and would need to be bandaged the entire time. OMG!

So working in the rescue community, Kim gave me a few of the folks she would ask for vet recommendations. I called her friend Marci, from Homestead Kennels in North Phoenix that does greyhound and pit bull rescue as well as runs a beautiful large boarding kennel. If ANYONE in Phoenix is ever looking for a boarding place, this is the place to go. She and her hubby have a clean, safe and loving place for your dog to go in case you need boarding!

Anywho, she says she would take him to Paradise Valley Animal Hospital on 32nd Street and Bell. THIS IS THE BEST FREAKING VET I HAVE EVER COME ACROSS! So I take him up there Wed and the wound is still bleeding when he walks and the pain meds the other vet gave me have not taken ANY of the boost out of Turbo! They get him into the room and unwrap it, and wowzers, this is the 1st time I have really seen it with out a river of blood coming out and it is a really bad cut. So Dr. Weinacker (the vet) somes in looks at it and said in 21 years this is one of the top paw 5 cuts he has ever seen! He said that he definately would try and sew it closed because it'll take too long to heal and the risk of infection is too great. He said that he wasn't really sure if he could get it shut all the way but would put long stitches in to try to pull it together some. However they had no openings for surgery on Thurs or Friday. Dr. Weinacker said, " I can't stand that he is in pain and that is still bleeding. Just come back tomorrow around 830-9 and I will squeeze him in somewhere even if I have to skip my lunch and do it". I was floored that he would do that, and he was petting and "puppy" talking to Turbo the whole time. Meanwhile Turbo has bled all over there room and even got blood on the wall somehow. The Doc was just laughing and said that I can see why he is named Turbo he is a high speed guy. He gave me a script of 30 Tramadol to help the pain and calm him down.


So I go back Thursday morning, the office staff were all petting him and they took him in the back to give him some happy medicine so he could chill out and wait for his surgery. They called me every hour or so to let me know he was doing great and when they took him into surgery. I go back around 2 to get him and the vet assistant was laughing and telling me how Turbo would not go under with the light anestesia and she held his head in her lap for an hour waiting for him to go to sleepy land, no luck. So they had to use the heavy duty sleepy gas and he FINALLY went to sleep She said that Turbo is becoming a fast favorite there because he is so goofy and friendly. She said the cut was WAY worse then they thought initially and the doc would explain it all. So he comes out and explains it was actually good they had to put him under so deep because after he started poking around and cleaning the wound he said was cut to the BONE. He had to do one layer of stitches near the bone, one layer under the skin, and another on the paw pad itself, but amazingly he was able to completely close the wound! Even he was shocked that he got it to close! so we have to go back Monday/Fridays for the next 2 weeks for bandage changes. Then taking the stitches out in 2-3 weeks, he will need to go to sleepyville again for that.

So here I am after all this major surgery that they had to do thinking OMG this is going to be a HUGE bill above the 196 that they orignially quoted me ( the 196 included the Wed visit, the meds, and the prcedure Thurs, what an awesome deal!) but they said they do not go over the quoted cost and that was that! I about cried, these guys do AMAZING work, top level animal care, and don't gouge their prices! He even said I got a great deal, but all he cares about is Turbo getting better and being able to be healed and pain free. He said that is probably why he drives a Honda. Oh, and that 196 also includes the 4 bandage wrap/change appointments.

I cannot say enough about Paradise Valley Animal Hospital, Dr. Weinacker, Nate, Destinee, and all of the staff there. What an amazing place that loves pets and knows all of them by name basis when they come in the door, know what their history is and cares deeply about each one comes in the door.

Turbo is still limping around, and is being good about no licking the bandage (for the most part lol) and as long as we don't get an infection he hopefully should be healed up in 3-4 weeks.

I have a pic of his cut, I can post it up if y'all want to see it.

this gets me thinkin, does superglue work on animals like it does humans... I would think so.. .I may bring the dermabond on our next trip. My lil pup ripped her paw on rocks last time out at ogilby.

Great news! Turbo sounds like he's got energy and then some I'm glad to hear the vet was so awesome and even surprised himself with his work Get well wishes being sent Turbo's way!

Thanks Lena!

Just got him back from 1st bandage change, it is looking pretty good! not much oozing and they gave me another Rx of Keflex for him to try to keep any hint of infection away. It is still closed and even with all the non-resting Turbo has done, none of the stitches tore out! Again. I cannot say enough about these guys, and Dr. W especially. when they were rebandaging him, Dr. W had Turbos face right up next to his, scratching his ears and telling him what a good boy he is and how handsome he is. I think he talked to Turbo as much as me! No charge except 16.00 for the antibiotics.

Gets the stitches out today!

hooray for Turbo!

I again, cannot say enough about the PV Animal Hospital, thos guys are freaking AMAZING! Zero charge for ANY of his followup appts and they treat him a member of their family.

He is doing good, gotta take it easy for a couple more weeks and will be tender for a long time due to scar tissue but all in all, Dr. Weinacker said he was amazed at himself able to get that huge wound closed and healed up.

cool deal sounds like turbo is just about to get spooled up

He has never ran on anything BUT high boost!

We are glad our boy was in great hands, these guys do all 4 legged, feathers and all kinds of critter vet services. Simply incredible.