It turned into a keratin-filled garrote. A UK mom claims her toddler nearly had to have his toe amputated after a strand of her hair got wrapped around it, cutting off the blood flow. “I had never had to deal with anything like this before,” Laura Powles, 31, told Kennedy News of the freak accident. … Read more
Zeus, the great Dane who set the Guinness World Record last year for the tallest male dog alive, had his front leg amputated Friday to save his life, according to his owners. The 3-foot-5-inch-tall dog — who stands over 7 feet on his hind legs — is recovering after undergoing the successful surgery that removed … Read more
Tick tac toe? With tick-borne afflictions spreading across the US at an alarming rate, there’s been an up-tick in horror stories involving this eight-legged scourge. Recently, an Ohio man lost all the toes on one of his feet after a tick bite triggered an infection that snowballed out of control. “It was infected that bad,” … Read more
She put her best foot forward. A British woman has risen to fame after starting an online shoe exchange for those who are missing one of their feet. Kent native Jo O’Callaghan, 49, was diagnosed with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) as well as allodynia and had to have her right foot amputated, reported South … Read more