Edmund determined to keep his leg

In October 2009, Edmund went missing from home for three days. When he came back he had a large wound extending the length of the left fore leg and a few toes were looking worse for wear. After the vet assessed his leg it was found that some of his toes were too damaged to save and there was likely ligament damage, meaning the leg was unstable. Edmund was given the options to either amputate the leg or to attempt wound management. His owner chose to undertake intensive wound management, which was going to be a long process with the risk that amputation might still be needed.

A small surgery was performed to clean the area and to remove two of Edmund's toes. Bandage and splint were applied to his leg to support it. Edmund stayed in the hospital for seven nights with daily bandage changes until he was able to go home for strict rest and confinement.

Before this incident Edmund had lived most of his life outdoors but his dedicated owner designed a large cat enclosure within the house that he could be kept in during his recovery.

Edmund returned to the hospital for bandage changes a few times a week for two months. By week three his wound was healing welll but we still had to wait and see if the ligaments had healed enough to support the leg.

The splint was removed around week five and Edmund was feeling discomfort in his leg. With adequate rest and bandaging Edmund quickly improved and showed us all that he was determined to make a full recovery.

With the dedication of Edmund's owner and the staff at Adelaide Animal Hospital, Edmund made a full recovery and is now back outside using the leg as he always did... minus a few toes with only a small war wound to show.