Dog comes in for a broken leg, but shocking X-ray makes the vet panic: “A life‑threatening risk”

Tampa, Florida – Edward the shelter dog needed medical treatment for a broken leg. When the pup’s X-ray results came back, however, the vet couldn’t believe his eyes.

The little Chihuahua mix had been brought in recently by his shelter, the Humane Society of Tampa Bay in Florida, for a hurt leg.

But it quickly became clear that Edward was in mortal danger for a completely different reason!

“While taking X‑rays for the fracture, our veterinarian discovered foreign bodies in both his stomach and colon,” Nash McCutchen, the shelter’s director of marketing and design, told Newsweek…

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