It's quite a nasty fracture. "The bones are really
quite displaced and..." "And I guess
the really hard thing about it," "is the fact it's two weeks down
the track and they’re trying..." They’re going to try stay there now, yeah.
"I'm just incising over the fracture site now."
"You can see how unstable this still is."
New patient Sandy "is complaining
loudly in reception." "We've just found him
after a couple of weeks of" "being missing and, looks
like he's been hit by a car" "and he was trapped
under the neighbour's house." Come on sweetheart, we’ll get you out.
"Incredibly, the three year old Siamese"
"survived a badly broken leg and no food for two weeks."
It's quite a nasty fracture. "The bones are really
quite displaced and..." "And I guess
the really hard thing about it," "is the fact it's two weeks down
the track and they’re trying..." They’re going to try stay there now, yeah.
Turns out "this is not the first time
the Siamese adventurer" has gone missing.
"He got into our cleaner’s ute and went for a weeks"
"holiday in the back of the ute. So that was fun."
"There's going to
be a lot of fibrous tissue" "around that and scar tissue,
and it's going to make it" "very difficult
to loosen things up" "and get the bone
back in the right position." I'd rather prefer him
"breaking his leg than being dead."
Hit run victim Sandy, "is about to undergo
major reconstructive" "surgery
for his shattered back leg." "The struggle with this case
is going to be getting" the fracture reduced,
"so back into the right position"
"because it's been sitting there for two weeks."
"I'm just incising over the fracture site now."
"You can see how unstable this still is."
The fracture is so serious "that external scaffolding
will be needed."
"Andrew will drill pins through the bone"
"and skin and connect them to bars outside."
"You've got to make sure that it's"
"in the centre of the bone. If it's slightly off centre,"
"there's a possibility it'll crack out the other side."
"It's a critical part of the operation."
Can we have that pin cutter, please? No, I’m pleased with that.
The results look good. "But Sandy,
the intrepid adventurer,"
will have to put up "with the scaffolding
for at least eight weeks." "He won't be able
to jump onto the sofa," "certainly won't be able
to climb trees," "climb up curtains,
and he'll be housebound" "and I'm sure
he'll hate that." "But, it's a case of cruel
to be kind." No we’re naughty.
Alright. Stop it.
"Outside Sandy's extended family have just arrived"
"for a visit, including twins Thomas and James."
Got pictures. Who for?
For Sandy. How are you going?
You got sandy? Yeah,
we got Sandy here. "Are you going to give Sandy
kiss?" "Did you want to show him
your pictures?" "It's been one of the hardest
two and a half weeks." You know, you just...
"Just have this cloud hanging over your whole life"
because you know, "someone's missing,
a member of the family." Where has he gone?
"He's gone under the table now."
He hasn't lost that adventuresome spirit, has he? No you weren’t able to fix that?
No.
"Normal walking is actually good"
"for the fracture, it’ll stimulate it, to heal."
"But putting too much pressure on it, like if he"
"suddenly charges off after something."
"Puts a lot of pressure through the pins"
"and they can potentially break through the bone."
"He's certainly had a few lives."
"He's obviously meant for this earth."
Look at him. At home,
"hit run victim Sandy is being nursed back to health,"
"but the Siamese is sick of his prison."
"With help from friends and family."
"An outside cat run is now ready to go."
"Today is the first day that we're going"
to introduce it to Sandy. "So it'll be an interesting
thing to watch." "He’s loving the fresh air.
Look at that." Look at the nose going.
" And look at all this,"
"see, it stops you getting out on the road"
"and then you can pretend you're in the jungle."
"You've got to look after them and take responsibility"
"and you know, and give them love and affection"
"because ultimately they need you."
"You're not trying to get an escape plan happening"
are you there?