Paddys progress... (Warning! Amputation wound pics included)

Hi all,

Just thought this may help anyone going through this or preparing for it with their dog. I found it really helped for me to look at other healing doggy amputation pics to prepare myself so it wasnt such a shock when she came home.

This is the first pic we took when she came home, 7 days after op, you can see the redness of her tummy



And a closer one....



She came home thursday and its saturday now and i can already see a difference, the redness and bruising on her belly has almost gone now.

I did go awwwwwww....
bless him ...

It really makes you realise what a major op it is doesn't it.

But she seems to be doing well and I'll looking forward to seeing more photos of her progress.

The term sharp intake of breath comes to mind ...

Eeeek that looks so sore. Poor Paddy. I hope she heals quickly and is up and about again soon x

Oh bless her, I hope she continues to recover well x

Thanks.

It does, it was quite a shock when she came home but luckily i had done plenty of research and knew what it was going to look like. I will take some more pics tomorrow.

Yup

It did look very sore and angry but the last 24hrs have improved it lots.

Thank you, I'm so proud of her, she is doing amazingly. X

I was on my way to work today and passed a little corgi with just 3 legs; the same one missing as Paddy. It was walking along looking really happy with itself.
It immediately made me think of your Paddy, and how happy she can be with just three good legs.
Amazing how dogs just get on with things and cope.... They are so resilient. It would be such a huge deal to us if we were to lose a limb...

Keep heeling well Paddy, you can do it

Poor Paddy, it must have been quite an ordeal for her (and you) lets hope that she can put this all behind her now.

Speedy recovery Paddy.