Mangled Marshmallow

Go ahead and say " Awwwww". Work this weekend sucked. That is quite likely the understatement of the century. It was wicked. I was almost an hour late leaving Sunday night because two of my patients were hellbent on dying and I couldn't even get out of their rooms long enough to give report and run away. Wanted to run to the car but didn't have the energy. Finally made it home and was greeted by one hysterical Beast. He was spinning in circles racing back and forth and barking like,,well,,,like a dog. Dropped my nursing stuff on the kitchen table and followed him to see what new exciting thing he had to show me. It was Marshmallow. Stuck in the dining room chair. Little arm pinned in one of the wicker curves. I don't have a clue how long kitty had been stuck there but I got him loose and started my checkup. Left front leg was limp and cold and swollen. Couldn't bear weight on it. Didn't make any attempt to try and move it. Didn't even cry when I manipulated it. Not good. I rubbed it and held him for close to an hour while Beast kept watch and provided the occasional nose nudge and Beastly kiss to the little white puffball. Finally some circulation returned and Marshmallow started trying to move around. The leg just hung there. Obviously the shoulder was out of place. This is where it gets fun. Not knowing kitty anatomy at all but being able to recognize a dislocated shoulder I spent the next hour comparing good side to bad side and through manipulation got the shoulder back in place. Whew. He could walk and bear some weight on it and could at least move it around. He held it up when he walked which was much better than having the whole leg dragging. Still something wrong but better than when I found him. Vet was closed on Sunday so Monday morning Marshmallow and I made the trek to see Dr. Naylor. Luckily no broken bones. Shoulder is perfectly in place. A separation at the growth plate on the humerus. Marshmallow is now splinted in electric green from tip of tiny toes to shoulder. He pushes his cast in front of him like a cane. The other kitties are fascinated. Beast is very attentive. I'm the proud owner of a very expensive white puffball.