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RE: A New T Shirt that may get itself purchased for me to wear.
That is tough! Splint it and use Comfrey poltices or fomentations. They will speed healing.
Tumeric is easy to find, I get mine at an India spice store, but walmart has it too. If you have trouble, I can send you some of both.
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We don't know how to splint it. The vet said they can do a splint but it is a custom designed one for his particular leg and costs $700 but there is no guarantee that he won't chew it up or chew it off and then that money would be wasted. What's a fomentation?
It seems like he would just lick off anything we put on there.
Anything that will disable the leg's movement is good. A simple cast is cheap, and would work.
A fomentarion is a pad, saturated with tincture, that is kept moist, and taped to the damaged area overnight.
I used two last night myself.
:)>Would a splint act like a cast and allow him to get around?
Both will restrict movement. It is a tradeoff for healing to occur!
Well I've seen dogs walking with casts on and at least they can walk around. But if you had a cast you wouldn't be able to apply the comfrey.
They commonly make casts with openings for wound access. Better if you have the fur shaved around the damaged tendon too.
:)>So if they put a cast on after surgery we can still apply the comfrey for faster healing?
Yes, the Allentoin in the comfrey draws naturally occuring haluronic acid to where you put it. Be careful of the tinxture, it is 50% alcohol; so keep it away from cuts!
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