Last night and today, he doesn’t want to go anywhere he doesn’t have to be lured to. I am hoping that he is simply sore from using the muscles he doesn’t normally use. And the pressure from this seroma buildup is down into his legs and groin and the bandaging is pretty restrictive. Poor thing. He just layed around all day today. Even when people came by, he didn’t bark or even get up. He did that on day two, so I am a bit concerned, but he’s eating and perks his ears when I say his name. 🙂
His drain fell out today since we didn’t stitch it in. But I could push fluid out the stitches with my hands. The bandaging is soaked already, so I added a towel and bandaged over it. The entire “suit” has shifted back and is putting pressure on his penis, so I guess we are going back to the vet again tomorrow for a new setup. *sigh*
I will be happy when this swelling is gone and he and I don’t have to struggle with this bandaging any longer. Although, his incision looks wonderful, so I am thankful for that.
I am now feeding him four small meals a day to eliminate the worry of Bloat. And I have to bring him the water bowl or he will never get up to go get some. He just doesn’t want to go anywhere today. And he’s down to 3 – 4 Tramadol a day (down from 6).
Unfortunately his elbow is raw from sort of slamming his weight onto it when laying down. So, I put some gauze padding, vetrap, and taped it in place. Now he has a yellow elbow…
Thank you so much for writing. We are on day 4 and struggling to determine what is OK and what is not.
Interesting, Jerry came home with no bandaging whatsoever. It was pretty frightening, but he never had such problems. We had his seroma drained once by is vet.
Best wishes for getting through these ruff spots. Stay positive and before you know it, Raven will be surprising you.
Raven was sent home with no bandaging either. My vet said that’s been the case with most, he looked really good. But as I said at the begining of his story, we were helping him walk to the house coming home from the vet and he is so big and cumbersome, that he started bleeding (gushing) from his stitches. It was terrifying. The vet got it under control with pressure that night. He’s hesitating another anesthesia to go in again to see if some internal stitches tore, we doubt that. But we may have to use a lidocaine local and put in a drain if Raven will let us tomorrow. I think this is a complication that isn’t necessarily common, but not terribly unusual. Just Raven’s luck. I want him to just “dry up” and deflate, poor thing.
Christina, How are things? Are you on the forums with some questions? I am new here myself, so not sure how to do a search to see what your concerns are, but would like to compare stories.
Dawn
We just had to post to such a cutie.. By the way Shilo sure would love meeting Raven!! 🙂 So sorry about all the trouble you have had with Raven. I know Shilo sure had ups and downs after her amp but now you wouldn’t even know. Our thoughts are with you and hope that you will continue to post your progress.