That was some incision. On you, it would have been over 2 feet long.
I am glad that it is finally healing. I've been thinking about Rose and am glad to see no T-shirt and hair beginning to re-grow and the skin quieting down.
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Unfortunate update, Rose is not healing properly and has to go back in for surgery tomorrow. It should be relatively minor this time, but I'll still take the thoughts and prayers. Supposedly, if I get her sewn shut, she'll be back to normal in 7 to 14 days.
Oh, I'm so sorry to hear this, Chip. I hope this will indeed be a much easier surgery and recovery. I know you'll update us when you're able. You and Rose are definitely in my thoughts and I'm sending my very best wishes.
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I gave her an oral sedative, and got her inside the vet's and put down without incident. It looked to me as if two sutures were all that were keeping the two small holes from becoming one big one, and they finally gave. I didn't take a photo, it was a huge opening and not nice to look at.
The hardest part (again) is going to be keeping her sedate for the next few weeks. I have to wonder if playing ball with her didn't exacerbate the problem, but I was told I could ease her into activity 6 weeks after the last surgery. I felt like I was conservative even with that, but maybe I didn't take it slow enough. Hard to know if her tongue or activity was to blame. We're going to try the Cuddle Cone again, she was like a trout on a hook last time. I'll let you guys know how it goes...
The fact that this is not healing well is not anyone's fault, not your fault, Roses fault, possibly not even the surgeons fault. Sometimes a bit too much tissue is taken, then the incision is under tremendous tension, then the skin dies. This is done in an attempt to get all of the cancer so that there isn't an early recurrence. Sometimes it's just hard to do, hard to judge how much can be taken. Plus the incision fell apart early, this may have led to some damaged tissue right in the suture line, and that stuff gets like hamburger, it just doesn't heal, it has to be removed and a fresh edge produced. A good thing is that often the nerves have already been cut so that the area is MUCH less painful the second time around, and usually they heal better and faster after the incision line is cleaned up.
I wish you the best Chip.
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Hey Chip - sending a little more good healing thoughts from Oscar and I... that surgical site is HUGE!! Poor Rose... here's hoping this will be the last emergency trip to the vet you take for a long while!!
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