My cat Edison broke his leg on a cold November night in 2011.  I rushed him to the emergency vet around 11pm, where the doctor told me I was going to have to put him down or amputate his leg.  The next day, I took my Edison to my regular vet, where the doctor told me to cast his leg for 6 weeks and he’d be fine!  Turns out, Edison was fine, all it took was a cute festive cast and some TLC.

I learned after the traumatizing experience that you can’t always trust “professionals.”  Sometimes you need a second opinion, and sometimes YOU have to decide what is best for your animals – after all, nobody knows your animals like you do.

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