The llama had stepped in a gopher hole and severely injured her leg about two years ago. Bella's owners, Trish and Chuck Brandt-Robuck, say that for months, doctors tried to heal the leg but an infection had set in. The leg had to be amputated.
After the amputation, Bella stopped moving around, and eventually stopped standing up. To keep Bella from being euthanized, the Brandt-Robucks opted to outfit her with a prosthetic leg.
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Three-and-a-half months later, Hanger Clinic prosthetist Michael Carlson has built Bella a custom prosthetic leg. Bella’s owners say the llama quickly figured out the new leg, and even shows “happy signs” when her prosthetic teams shows up and “sad signs” when they leave.
2 comments:
Yet another touching story.
What an amazing story.........and she looks quite comfortable with her new leg.
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