Pictures of Poppy recovering 04/09/04 Click on picture to see larger version
Diary
26th September 2004
Progress continues, although seemingly slow at times. More good fur has fallen out
but new fur is growing. Some wounded areas appear to be totally void of new hair folicles.
3rd September 2004
Making good progress and more comfortable when resting.
1st September 2004
General check up at the vets. Poppy is found to have infection in some of her
wounds and is placed back on antibiotics.
24th August 2004
Back to the surgery so that Aaron can see how her recovery is progressing. He is
pleased and so are we. The consultation is tinged with sadness as Aaron is returning to
Austalia via Southern France. Poppy will not see him again and she owes her life to his skills
and the care of all the staff.His final task is to remove the stiches which held her
jaw together. This should help her ability to eat.
18th August 2004
Poppy returns home for more rest and recuperation.
17th August 2004
Again to the vets for an operation to stabilise her pelvis, to remove some bone
from her rear leg in order to allow it to fit into its socket and to clean up her wounds.
Poppy's tail was also removed right back to her spine. The operation was finished at 13:30 and by 17:30 she was wide awake and, amazingly, standing.
14th August 2004
Her tail (her pride and joy) is rotting and the fur is falling out. So sad to see.
12th August 2004
Poppy's well enough to come home and a cage has been bought for her to rest in
and to restrict her movement. However, she immediately does two summersaults and the cage
was removed to avoid more stress and damage.
8th August 2004
Great rejoicing by all at the surgery when Poppy used her tray by herself.
6th August 2004
Aaron explained the X-Rays which had been taken and it could be seen that the damage to the
spine/tail joint was severe.
5th August 2004
It was suggetsed that she should stay at the vets for several days. The worry was that
her bowel and urinary functions may have been damaged as a result of the injuries to her
spine. If this proved to be the case, then the prognosis was not good.
5th August 2004
At 7:15 in the morning Poppy Willow was hit by a green Citroen Saxo travelling
far too fast down our single lane road. The driver of the car didn't have the decency
to stop but sent his grandfather up to search for her. When she was found she was lying
in the grass verge, shaking, frightened and badly injured.
After phoning the vets, she was met by Aaron, an Austraian locum at Messrs Brown & Paddon at Wisbech.
Aaron discovered that she had a broken pelvis, a dislocated rear leg, a badly damaged tail, a badly cut tongue and lower jaw and
cuts and grazes to her back. He returned the leg to its socket and she was placed in
a cage to rest.
