Miniature donkey survives frostbite, leg amputation to walk again with custom prosthetic

A miniature donkey named Elsa is now home for the holidays after surviving a severe bone infection that resulted in the amputation of her leg.

MONROE, Wash. — On a frigid winter night, a premature foal lay nearly frozen inside a barn in Monroe. The tiny donkey, later named Elsa, was discovered in freezing conditions, her life hanging by a thread.

“Scooped her up in 14 degrees, 14 degrees, got her in here, got a hair dryer on her, you know, frantically trying to get her warm at that point, because I knew that we were kind of dealing with a dire situation,” said Brenda Ohlsen,

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