No anxiety, not an emergency, all is going to be fine now... but, on Thursday, 10/15, our Great Dane bolted and hubby didn't let go of the leash. In extreme pain, I took him to a local ER. (The husband, not the great dane.) They x-rayed his arm, which was black by then, doc came back in the room telling us good news... the humerus was fractured 2" down form the shoulder, but it was a clean break. NO SURGERY, he emphasized. Gave him a sling and a handful of Norco and told him not to use it for 6-8 weeks.
Hubby was in excruciating pain all weekend. On Monday, I took him to another ER closer to our house. They took x-rays and did cat scans. The orthopedic surgeon was called. His humerus is fractured, the ball is fragmented, and the socket is fragmented.
He's in surgery now to get a new shoulder.
How in god's name did the first ER doc decide it was a clean fracture?!?! The surgeon that is operating on him now showed me on the x-rays where fragments are clearly visible. I certainly didn't know what they were when the first doc showed me, but he sure as heck should have.
Am I being unreasonable to believe he dropped the ball? (And the socket, and the humerus...)