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Hi Shari,
There is an EXCELLENT orthopedic surgeon, Dr Robert Horne, at the
University of Tuskegee which is about 30 minutes or so from Auburn. He retired
from Auburn and took over the small animal teaching hospital at Tuskegee. If
you'd like to contact him I can give you his number, he will be quite a bit
cheaper than UGA or AU and he is an excellent well respected surgeon.
Jill
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Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 8:54
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Subject: Re: [pyrnet] Orthopedic
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Thanks Elaine! I will check it out. We have Auburn 3 hours away, but from
the people I know who have gone there, I think that their prices are pretty
high. Also, they do some of those horrible Iams lab experiements on dogs. I
might check with University of GA.
Shari & Ben
In a message dated 26/10/2006 05:34:38 Central Daylight Time,
ferreirae@earthlink.net writes:
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The choices I was offered were
referral to an orthopedic specialist @ about $3000.00 for hip replacement
surgery or to have the top of his femur removed at a cost of $250. with
about 2 months of recuperation in either case
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Shari, I
think that I would at least make an appt with the ortho to see what he
thinks about both treatment options or he may come up with something else.
You may want to check around and see if there is a veterinary teaching
hospital in your area and make an appt for a consult
there.
Elaine, Pico and
Laela
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