Yoda getting ready for his Tilapia skin transplant…@mselizabethmunoz

4 Oct 2022 · 4 min

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In this video, the speaker, likely Yoda's owner, provides a detailed, on‑camera walkthrough of the extensive injuries their pet Yoda has sustained. The left front leg is described as completely mangled and reconstructed with a drain, the right front leg has a fractured ulna requiring a pin and tendon band, and Yoda suffers four broken ribs. The front paw has cuts and stitches, while the left hind leg shows a fractured paw, a broken toe, and a severe tendon injury exposing bone. The speaker explains the planned medical interventions: placement of pins, tendon bands, IV lines, and the innovative use of tilapia skin as a graft to cover the exposed tendon. They note that if the graft fails, amputation may be necessary, but they remain hopeful. Throughout, the speaker expresses deep affection, anxiety, and sleep deprivation, repeatedly reassuring Yoda that they will be okay.

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All right, so here we are. Hey, buddy. Hi, you. Hi. Hi, handsome. So this left front leg was completely mangled, and so They had to pretty much piece it back together, um, and he's got a drain pipe in there or a drain cloth. But as you can see, it goes all the way around to the front and then his front right leg is broken, um, and he's got a fracture in his ulna. So we're going to have to put a pin and, um, a tendon band in order to keep it all together in there. And then he has 4 fractured ribs. Um, right in here. And then this foot, or this paw, is— has some cuts and stitches underneath here, but this was the only one that wasn't too severe. So this is where they did the IV. Now this left hind leg is actually— so his paw is fractured, he has a fractured toe, and then that back leg, as you can see, is completely bare all the way down to the bone, and the tendon was stretched and injured And so they're going to have to put tilapia skin on it. No, no, baby. No, no, no, no. They're gonna have to put tilapia skin on it, um, and hope for the best. Hope that that allows for it to heal, um, and if not, then Amputation would be the next bet, but we're gonna hope that the tilapia skin takes and heals, right? Right, baby? You're gonna be okay, huh? I love you. You're gonna be okay, buddy. You're gonna be okay. Oh, baby. Pork didn't get any sleep last night. And neither did I, but you know what? That's okay. I can't get to the other side or I would show that it's literally bone completely exposed on the other side.