3 days ago Sasha went in for a routine operation (De-sex). She came home really groggy as she was still coming off of the anesthetic. So we put a soft blanket down for her and she stayed there most of the night, resting and recovering.
The next day we woke to the bounding happy little Sasha we all know and love. She was very good that day playing nicely and walking around properly. It was such a relief to see her up and about so quickly. Usually when we get up of a morning Sasha (as most puppies) would get up and follow you around, check out what your doing and try to eat your food.
But Thursday when we woke up she wasn't doing any of these things. She just laid on the bed and watched us. The first thing I thought was that she is acting weird. But I just let it pass as I had to go to work. That night she just laid on her bed and didn't move around much. I was still thinking this is not normal.
Friday morning we got up really early for Ben to be at work for Duty muster, we were there for about an hour. When we came home she didn't come to the garage door like usual to greet us and when I picked her up to cuddle her I noticed that around her stitches was really red and raised. So I rushed her down to the vet because that just isn't supposed to happen. The vet had a quick look and said she just had a reaction and put an Elizabethan collar on her so she couldn't lick them anymore. About 2 hours later we noticed that the redness had gotten worse and the swelling had increased, So we rushed her down to the vet again this time the vet took a while with her and came out with a handful of medication. He said she has had a bad reaction to the stitches and gave us Antibiotics and Anti-inflammatory tablets to help the wound go down and heal properly.
I went out shopping with a friend for a friends birthday after that for a couple of hours and on the way home I get a call from Ben asking me where I was because Sasha's wound was weeping a Brownish liquid. So I rush home to pick them up and take them down to the vets for a third time that day. We were there for an hour and a half almost 2 hours. The vet said it was pussy which meant infection. He then took her out the back to open her up again to check the stitching on the inside. He came back out later saying he took out most of the stitches and out dressing on it. Now we have to go to the vets daily for check ups on it. She is still on antibiotics and anti-inflammatory tablets and is really not well.
Saturday we took her in for her check up to see how her wound is healing. And it turns out she had a reaction to the adhesive on the dressing they put over her injury friday night. So they had to take that off (and it hurt her, I heard her yelp it was really bad). They then had use something without adhesive to cover her wound, which was a non-adhesive bandage with some gauze underneath. Since her dressing has been changed she has been a lot happier and is back to her usual self. SHE is NOW able to WALK PROPERLY again Yay.
Sasha on Tuesday when we first
brought her home after surgery.
Sasha on Friday with her Elizabethan collar.
(after round 1 at the vets).
Sasha after her visit to the vet on Saturday.
