Once again, I borrowed Mary's mini van to haul Newton up to CSU. He had lost a couple more staples during the night so now the hole (in essence, the "Y" portion of his incision) was huge. He was also seeping quite a bit from the hole.

At CSU, I had to have 2 nurses help me get Newton out of the mini van. Once inside, we were greeted by Dr. Ehrhart, Dr. Culp, and the 4th year vet student, Juli Peters. Dr. Ehrhart indicated that they would keep Newton for a few hours, get the area cleaned up, most likely re-suture, and possible install a drain.

Four hours later, I got a call letting me know that Newton was ready to come home. When I got there, Dr. Perry indicated that the "Y" portion of Newton's incision was infected (as a side note, there was no foul smell coming from the incision). They cleaned the area, removed the contaminated area, re-sutured, installed a drain, and bandaged everything up. They also put Newton on 3 capsules of Cephalexin (500 MG) three times a day. Oh boy, Newton is not going to be a happy camper!

Needless to say, I am glad that we made the trip to CSU. A full-blown infection would have totally sucked!

I also took a trip to Petsmart today. I bought one of those pill guns. I'm hoping it will help me get Newton's meds into him without a total struggle. I don't think that he realizes that they are going to make him feel better. I wonder if he misses his leg?