Help us save Penny's leg!
Penny was brought to the police station of a small Southern Illinois town in the hopes that they could help her. She had suffered a severe injury that broke her right rear leg, and a massive infection had set in. That infection had already eaten down to the bone.
To make matters worse, her left front leg was broken some time ago. The injury to that leg was so severe that it rotated the leg nearly 180 degrees. Penny received no medical help at the time this injury occurred, so the bone set with her leg in that position. The pain of the initial injury must have been excruciating, and the subsequent malformation has offered no relief, even though the bone has ossified. She can hobble on it for a moment, but it is too painful.
She has almost no use of her left front leg, and it needs to be removed because of the pain it causes her. With major injuries affecting both sides of her body -- and at both the front and rear end -- we MUST save her right rear leg if she is going to have any hope of walking at all. Right now, she alternates between using her painful left front leg a little bit, and trying to hop on her two good legs. It is heartbreaking to see.
She has been started on pain medication to reduce her suffering, as well as heavy duty antibiotics to get the infection under control. Rushing into surgery would create too high a risk of spreading the infection and, thus, potentially losing her leg to a virulent bacterial infection. We can’t take that chance. She is under the close watch of our orthopedic vet, and as soon as she can safely have her rear leg worked on, that will be the priority. Once she has healed from the first surgery, she will undergo a second surgery to remove her mangled front leg.
Penny has a long medical journey ahead of her. We are not entirely certain that we will be able to save her ability to walk, but we have to try! Please help us give Penny the chance to walk without suffering horrible pain!
It's a race against time to save Penny's ability to walk.
Penny was brought to a police station because there is no animal control in the town where she is from. In fact, there is no animal control in the entire county. Sadly, this scenario is all too common in the rural areas that Wright-Way Rescue serves. In Penny’s case, it was a kindhearted police officer who took her home with him and began calling rescues in an attempt to help her. Had he not decided to help Penny, she would have been turned away since the police station has neither the facility nor the licensing required to hold animals.
Rescue organizations such as Wright-Way are often put in the position of functioning as adjunct support to municipalities that are unable or unwilling to address the animal welfare concerns of their counties and towns. It is an ongoing challenge of providing care without squelching responsibility. So, we take it one life at a time and work to provide relief and second chances to as many as possible, like Penny.
In doing so, our best hope is to be part of the “rising tide that lifts all boats.” This includes the lives of the people in these towns and counties, many of whom want something better for the animals they see -- they just don’t know where to go for help.
With your support, Wright-Way Rescue will always be there to help. Thank you for making more possible.
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