Kerri's wound at start of treatment

Along with her owners, Penny Ward and Colin Balkham, Kerri regularly makes a 400 mile round trip from her home on Exmoor to her favourite vet, Karen Scott at Pet Doctors Veterinary Clinic in Seaford, East Sussex!

Back in the Spring of 2007, Kerri developed a nasty and rather large lump on her foot.  She was examined by her veterinary surgeon, at the time, and it was agreed that the lump should be removed by surgery.   The operation was carried out but the lump regrew and a few months later they were faced with repeating the surgery again.

Kerri was anaesthetised again but unfortunately, due to her age, she struggled to breathe properly and the decision was taken to wake her up without the procedure being done.

Kerri's wound now, after treatment

It was agreed to try to repeat the surgery and to give Kerri a skin graft in the hope that this would take and heal the large wound on her leg. 

This time the surgery was a success and Kerri coped well with the anaesthetic thanks to the additional tests and monitoring which Karen uses with elderly patients.  Unfortunately, the skin graft did not take and Karen advised that the best treatment would be to allow the wound to heal naturally and for Kerri to have a very basic form of hydrotherapy for 10 minutes twice a day – a cold shower!

Kerri, checking out a present

Kerri