New paws keep cat on the move

Oscar is a lucky kitty.

He lost his two hind legs in an accident with a combine harvester, but a veterinarian took him to a neuro-orthopedic surgeon.

The surgeon made peg legs for Oscar and watch the video to see how well he gets around.

Not counting the surgery, the cost was $3,000.

Here's an Associated Press article by Maria Cheng via yahoo.com.

The artificial paws were designed to be fused to bone and skin.

The veterinarians then inserted the peg-like implants by drilling them into Oscar's ankle bones in his rear legs. The metal implants are attached to the bone where Oscar lost his paws and were coated with a substance that helps bone cells grow directly over them. The cat's own skin then grew over the end of the peg to form a natural seal to prevent infections.

After rehab training, Oscar was on all four feet in less than four months.

Pretty amazing.

Cats and cars don't mix

There's one lucky cat in Massachusetts.

According to an Associated Press story, Edgar, a 4-year-old long-haired female feline, disappeared for a few days last week and returned home with part of her face dangling from her head.

Thirty-five stitches later and the kitty is doing fine.

Remarkably, Edgar suffered no major blood lost nor sustained any permanent nerve damage from her accident. She just needed to have her facial skin stitched back on during an hour surgery, according to veterinary surgeon Michael Pavletic.

Veterinarians believe Edgar was injured by a car's fan belt when she tried to stay warm under the hood.

The obvious joke is "one life down, eight to go."