vet response - is this normal?

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Something happened to my terrier when I was out riding this afternoon. Not sure but all of a sudden he was lying screaming in the grass verge. My immediate thought was horse stood on him, although that now seems unlikely according to vet as no Obv swelling or soft tissue injury to the hurt leg. Her thought was some sort of twisting injury as no reaction to pressing leg but very sure to rotate. So she gave him metacam and morphine injection and if not better in morn to get xrays. Took him home and left him with other half while I went to finish horses. when I got back he seemed in much more distress and I phoned vet again who said bring straight in. When I got there they just said to leave him in overnight and they would give him some more painkillers and xray in the morning. when I left him he was so sore he was just lying crying and he's not a whimp- tough as boots wee terrier Who is always happy. so original vet visit 4.30, second 6.45. Dog clearly in a lot of distress. Is this normal to just leave him to suffer till the morning? If I had a suspected broken leg or my horse no one would be leaving till the morning!!!
 
This is perfectly normal, he's had analgesia & I imagine they'll give him more overnight as nec. Suspected fractures are commonly not xrayed until the following day. I wouldn't just turn up at the vets unannounced in the morning but ring them first.
 
When my young longdog broke her femur in half, they weren't even going to x ray until monday at the earliest (this was friday night) and I had to ask for painkillers for her as they were so busy telling me my options (like use a different out of hours emergency vet), nothing was being done.
Their excuse for not x raying her was firstly that they need the swelling to go down (for 2 days?!) then when I pushed them the REAL excuse was there was no one there overnight to check her after an anaestethic despite their ad that week in the local paper that they had out of hours emergency vet. I wasn't happy !
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Just had phone call from vets. Fractured radius and ulna in the same place so I think he must've been stood on. Poor wee guy! Hopefully it will heal ok without the need for surgery. At least they were quick off the mark this morning!
 
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