She had a fractured pelvis on one side, and a broken hip on the other. Like some sort of royalty being toted by her entourage, Cutie's family has been bringing her in for her visits to the doctor in a little red wagon. Cutie seems happy as a clam with her limo service. A fractured pelvis is a painful injury but many of them will heal in time with no treatment other than pain relief. Treatment for shock is often required initially, and it is important to take X-rays to accurately diagnose and evaluate the fracture.
Some pelvic fractures require surgical repair, and there are often other complicating factors.
Cutie's fractured hip will have to be treated surgically, but we can wait until her fractured pelvis heals enough so she has one hind leg to walk on. May. His pelvis was actually torn loose from the sacrum, the large bone at the bottom of the spine. He was in shock and his abdomen was severely bruised, with a couple of large lacerations, and likely more internal injuries. Along with the treatment for shock and pain, it is important in cases like this to monitor urine production. We put a catheter into Grizz's bladder to collect the urine he produced.