She is going to be ok, as this happened yesterday when I was in hospital having my investigations. OH took the dogs to a local park, it is the first time he has taken them on his own, and the first time Tia has been in that particular park.
They were in the glen part of the park, and in order to cross to the other side of the burn, they had to come out of the glen, but were still in the actual park. He made sure both Duggie and Tia were with him all the way as there is a gate further up the hill that leads to a busy road, but Tia heard a dog barking in the street and suddenly bolted up the hill and out of the park and across the road, where she was struck by a passing car. OH didn't see it happen, he heard her screaming, and heart in mouth, grabbed Duggie and raced out of the gate to find her lying on the road not moving.
A woman appeared with a blanket, and a few other people stopped to help, OH got her immediately to the vet, where they said they didn't think she had internal injuries, but may have broken her leg and had bad bruising, she also had a cut on her mouth. By this time, she could stand up, but couldn't walk. They decided to send her home to be monitored, and she was given metacam and morphine injections, and he was told to bring her in this morning to be x-rayed.
He had to come and collect me from hospital, and I didn't notice anything until, as we got in the car, he was shaking and in a terrible state, and he told me what had happened. I was too out of it with my anaesthetic to really take it in, and on hindsight am glad of that, but he reassured me she was ok. I phoned the vet as soon as I got in, and she told me to keep a close eye on her all night and get her straight in if she got worse. It was so worrying, as she was just lying in her bed all night, but the morphine was making her sleepy.
She is much better today, and can hobble around slowly, the vet thinks it is a bad sprain, and she is on metacam and rest for a while. She was so lucky, as apparently, an articulated lorry was passing at the same time as the car that hit her. I am so shaken up now, and can't believe what happened, a split second and she was nearly gone. OH is blaming himself, but it happened so quickly that he couldn't have caught her, he is cursing himself for not putting their leads on at that part, but thought the gate was far enough away. The thought that we nearly lost her is horrendous, but she is still with us asking for cuddles and treats today.
