Neville had his surgery today and all went as expected. He’s having a little bit of a rougher recovery which I think is because he’s so high from the pain medications that he’s on.
We tried to get him up and outside but he’s not able to walk quite yet. Found a big bladder so they catheterized him which made him feel a lot more comfortable.
Thank you all for your good vibes, keep sending them our way!
This is Neville, who has been given a really poor hand in life. He was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease last year and got put on immunosuppressives. This helped his autoimmune disease but we found an infection in his toe in February. Later diagnosed as nocardia, a bacteria found in dirt. He tried a toe amputation first but he unfortunately developed draining tracts in his foot and further up his leg, despite being on strong antibiotics for months.
To give him the best chance, we have decided to amputate his left forelimb but there isn’t a guarantee that the infection isn’t lingering somewhere else.
Please keep my boy in your thoughts and if you have any advice for adjusting to having only one front leg, I will gladly take it!