Broken Leg Cast

Next 4 To 6 Weeks Critical For Baby Giraffe

CINCINNATI -- Veterinarians removed the cast from the Cincinnati Zoo's baby giraffe and examined her broken leg.

The exam was the second Zuri has had since breaking her right hind leg May 19 and the first in 15 days.

"Her next exam may be the most critical," said Dr. Mark Campbell, director of animal health for the zoo. "After four to six weeks since the injury, I would like to see some callus forming at the site of the injury, which would indicate the healing process has begun and is progressing as hoped."

The 11-week-old giraffe continues to nurse, walk and interact with her mother, Tessa, and will remain indoors to avoid aggravating the injury.

A team of 15 to 20 people conducted the one-hour procedure of removing Zuri's cast, taking X-rays of her leg and putting on a new cast.

They also monitored her heart and respiratory rates, collected a blood sample and massaged Zuri's neck, body and legs.

"Everybody thinks a fractured arm or leg you can set it and tell them to take it easy," said Dr. Thomas Beckman, an equine specialist. "You cannot do that with this animal. So you have to have a lot of faith and hope that she will take care of it and we will get the healing we want."

Zuri can be viewed with her mother and father, Kimba, at Giraffe Ridge.

* * * * OUR LIFE WITH 7 KIDS * * * *: Broken Leg

Melodie was nicely playing with her and watching her outside on the trampoline. Lily was laughing hard when Mel would bounce the trampoline to make her fall. Melodie was having too much fun doing it, got carried away with her bouncing force, and bounced her on purpose, breaking her leg on accident. I heard Lily crying and it wasn't a normal fussy or "You're bugging me" cry, I went out, asked Mel what happened, to which she was mute. Finally got it out of her that she bounced Lily, Lily wouldn't walk or put weight on her left leg, I go to Corey to discuss options. We looked up the Urgent care - it was 8:00 and they were open until 9, so Corey took her in. After a waiting room wait and several x-rays, Lily and Corey came home 2+ hours later with a little ankle splint to which she was totally freaking out. Looked like a bad diagnosis, but Corey said she looks okay and was totally fine and happy at the clinic until they put her on the cold metal table for the x-rays. They couldn't see a break, but thought the ankle looked a little swollen so wrapped that. She fussed and fussed at night time, pointing at her knee and saying "hur" (hurt) so I finally took off the splint cause she wasn't going to be putting weight on it at night time, hoping that would help her relax and she and I could get some sleep. Worked a little bit. We were down in the recliner at 3 a.m. watching Rapunzel, I snoozed with her on my lap and she watched, finally tired enough around 4:15 that she was ready for some shut eye, so we turned it off and slept in the chair until the sun woke us up. I put her upstairs in bed with Corey and got the other kids out the door for their last day of school. Lily and I had lots of bonding time the rest of the day with me just holding her and us taking naps. We joined the ice cream party at 3:00. Lily in her wheelchair (stroller). Thursday morning the clinic called - the radiologist looked at the x-rays and did see a small fracture in the bone below the knee. So I scheduled an appointment at the Fracture Clinic at Primary Childrens for next Wednesday (they only put on casts on Wednesdays here in Utah. I think it's a little strange, but I guess it's the system that works for them. But if they're not in a hurry, what's the big deal of even getting one?

and I'm spending it in hospital with a broken leg with pins and a full leg cast

Is there anyway I can get a resv for July 16? I am finally getting the cast off my broken leg and I want to celebrate at PS.

you make it sound like my leg is broken till the end of my life >.< ..the cast is off..in 4 days :D

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