Flapjack thanks you. Stray animals are always a bit of a mystery to animal shelters. Rarely do we know their origin story or what led to their homelessness.

Such was the case with sweet Flapjack. A kindhearted person found this two-year-old brown tabby in October of 2021, suffering from what appeared to be a hit-by-car injury. After a quick x-ray at ARL, we were able to diagnose Flapjack with a broken pelvis, a painful break that can take a considerable amount of time to heal.

After stabilizing his condition and easing his pain with medications, the ARL’s medical team set to work establishing a treatment plan. It was determined that Flapjack would need two surgeries to fix his broken pelvis, the second of which is a Femoral Head Ostectomy (FHO). An FHO restores pain-free mobility to a damaged hip by removing the head and neck of the femur. Thankfully, we were able to perform this surgery in-house at the ARL.

Throughout this process, and especially post-surgery, Flapjack spent a considerable amount of time in a loving foster home which afforded him the ideal quiet environment to heal in his own time. After several months of recovery, Flapjack was finally adopted in March of 2022.

Cases like this take teamwork. Saving Flapjack wouldn’t have been possible without the Good Samaritan who found him, the medical team that treated him, the foster family that nursed him back to health, and you, the donor that made it possible.

On behalf of Flapjack… THANK YOU!