hi all, here's the latest and hopefully happiest email. hoping everything continues to look up from here: it's been a loooooooong day for all of us, to be sure... we took pixie in at 7:30, surgery was at 9, and they called us to pick her up at 3:30. she is here at home resting in her carrier with a heating pad to lay near as wanted, and just recovering from the anaesthesia....she's dozing, drinking, eating baby food, and pooing/peeing. ;) we're having to keep an eye on her to make sure she's 'clean' after the latter two. ;) they ended up having to take off nearly the entire leg, she has only about the upper thigh left, sad to say. about 1/2 her tail was taken as well. her front foot is doing okay, they debrided some of the dead skin on the toes and hopefully that foot will continue to heal and improve. she's on pain meds/anti-inflammatories for the next few days and antibiotics for the next 10 days. barring any complications/fussing with the sutures, we take her in for a recheck in a week, and the back in another week for the sutures to be removed. she's a lucky little weasel and all the staff there just love her. she had/has a lot of people looking out for her. :) hopefully that's all from me on this! again i want to thank everyone so much for all their good wishes, support, and positive energy. :) give all your furbabies extra love and attention...they're so precious. ~sherrie (aka daoine o') and the pixie-doodle, newly-christened princess tripod ;) [Posted in FML 6521]