6875. Dislocated hip

 

On Mon, 27 Jul 2020, 02:26 Owner wrote:

To whom it may concern,

Our 14-year-old pet dog started limping and cried in pain late yesterday evening when we tried to lift her to check the cause...

We took her to a 24 hr clinic and was told that her hip bone was dislocated. I’m attaching her xrays to ask firstly if you would be able to help and for an estimate cost of the surgery as times are hard and we have to go with a clinic who would be able to help her best but with the lowest cost.

Our female dog C has had surgery at your clinic twice (bladder stone removal) before and hope you will be able to help her once again.

We’d like to bring her in as soon as you open tomorrow but hope that we will be able to hear from you if possible re the estimate cost before we head there.

We hope that we’re not inconveniencing you with this unusual request and hope you’ll be able to help.

Thank you and warm regards

 

 

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Toa Payoh Vets	Wed, Sep 23, 2:25 PM (4 days ago)
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From: Kong Yuen Sing <99pups@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 5:14 AM
Subject: Re: Appointment
To: E

Cc: Kong Yuen Sing <99pups@gmail.com>

The anaesthetic risks are too high if stone removal surgery and hip joint surgery are performed together as the time taken will be over 3 hours. In this hip joint surgery, the femoral head is cut away to relieve pain---the anaesthetic risk is high owing to old age---therefore you need to be aware of this risk first. We will not perform two-in-one surgeries owing to the very high risks of anaesthetic death involved.   

On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 4:48 A Mwrote:

Thank you Dr Sing for your quick response! As you can see that the stones in her bladder has returned once again despite putting her on the special diet recommended to keep the stones away. 

Would it be too much for her to have the stones removed during surgery and how much more would it cost? C is close to 15 yrs old now