My dog's name is Sonja. She's a German Shepard/Husky. 

Last January, when Sonja was 4 months old, I was living with my, now ex, boyfriend. One day while I was out, my boyfriend called saying Sonja had tripped him and he had fell on her and that she was freaking out and I needed to come home. We took her to the vet and they did x-rays and said her back right leg was broken above the knee joint. They put a cast on it and told us to come back in a few weeks. A few days before it was time to go back to the vet, Sonja came out of her cast. To my disbelieve, they had not put padding in her cast and her leg had been completely rubbed raw. This was in the middle of the night so I decided to take her in the following morning. When I woke up, I could tell something was seriously wrong so we rushed back to the vet. The vet staff seemed extremely concerned and they told me to leave her there and they would call me later. They called a few hours later saying that Sonja had a severe bone infection and her leg was now broken below and above the knee cap (probably from coming out of the cast). They said they had to keep her until the infection was gone and that they would have to amputate because her breaks would never heal because of their location. 

As of today, Sonja does great. She runs and plays normally with my other dog. She goes up and down stairs, gets on the bed by herself, gets in and out of cars just fine. Besides some extra ear scratching and some assistance when she gives me her "look" she's just like any other dog. But not like any other dog I've had before. I have a bond her that I've never had with any other animal and I could not imagine my life without her.

not long after surgery

first day home

a few months after surgery