My little girl Lola just lost her front right leg 3 days ago. She broke her leg about a year ago and the surgeon put a metal plate in her leg and six screws. Although we followed his directions and kept her off the leg 6 weeks later it broke again. She is a small 6 lb toy fox terrier. It broke at the screw sight at the same spot. Another surgery and another plate. We thought the leg was fine and 5 months later the leg broke again. This time at a different spot but at a screw sight. The bone was to compromised by all those screws. This time we took her to another vet where they took out the plate and tried a pin. The bone was so damaged at this point that the pin shifted and was causing more damage than good. The vet removed the pin. My poor dog. 4 weeks later the leg was not healing and the vet suggested removing the leg. Three breaks, 4 surgeries and $7,000.

I think I am more heartbroken about the leg than the dog is. She is only 19 months old. I realize that I have done all that I can to save the leg and she will be awesome as a tripawd. I am just so sad. I am glad that she will not have to endure the pain of any more surgeries on that leg but worry about her other front leg. She is a terrier and likes to jump. She is still a bit loopy from the pain medication but seems to be balancing her weight pretty well so far.