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Friday, October 10, 2008, - Treatment - Posted by Emily

Okay, now I am pretty much freaking out. Newton's front right leg has gotten huge. I left a voicemail message for both Dr. Perry and Dr. Culp. Newton's regular vet, Dr. Roberts in on vacation until October 20th, so Mary (my breeder) came over to take a look at his leg. Mary thinks that the leg is more muscle related and probably has to do with the fact that he is having to adjust to this new way of walking.

Mary also took a look at his incision. While she was looking at it, she noticed a couple of staples that were only holding onto one side of the incision. Worried that they might drop into the wound, she removed them. Over the course of the day, I had to remove two more staples. Now there is a huge hole. When I look in the hole, I can see where they sutured him up.

Once again, I left Dr. Perry and Dr. Culp messages. When I hadn't heard from either of them at 4 pm, I called CSU again and asked if I could talk to somebody about what I was seeing since I was quite worried. They tracked Dr. Perry down. I told Dr. Perry what I was seeing and emailed him a picture of the "Y" portion of the incision that was losing the staples. He indicated that in looking at the pictures, he doesn't think that Newton will have trouble healing as long as it stays clean. He also indicated that I could come up to CSU on Friday and have them look at it if it would make me feel better.

You can guess what I decided.





Thursday, October 9, 2008, - Treatment - Posted by Emily

Today, I had to go into the office and work for a couple of hours. Newton was still seeping quite a bit so I made him stay in the ex-pens in his room. I know that he really wanted to sleep on the sofa, but that just wasn't going to happen with the amount of fluid that he had draining from his incision.

He is eating less today and doesn't seem to be feeling well. I still have the challenge of getting him to take his pills. He pretty much gives me the "I'm pissed at you!" look.

When I got back from work, I was taking pictures of his incisions. When I press down hear the "Y" portion of his incision, it makes a squishy-air sound. The bruising and the swelling of the incision area have gone down, but his remaining leg (right front leg) was huge. It was swollen from the wrist to his elbow. I decided to put an ice compress on it and massage it while he was getting his heat pack for the day. He doesn't seem to be in any pain and doesn't seem to mind walking on it, but it is noticeable bigger and a bit warm to the touch.



Wednesday, October 8, 2008, - Treatment - Posted by Emily

Woo hoo...time to do the dance of joy. Newton is finally peeing on a regular basis. I never realized how exicted I would be. He is still a pain when it comes to taking his pain meds. He now will not eat: cheese, dinner rolls, pretzels, or Sausage McMuffin with Egg from McDonald's (his all time favorite). Newton has become a picky eater (I think that he suspects I have pills in all of his food) and doesn't seem to want to play with any of his toys.

Seepage has become his middle name. I have never done so much laundry a day in my life.

He did venture onto the couch today. I know how much he loves sleeping on the couch so I didn't make him get down. He has been through so much in such a short amount of time.



Tuesday, October 7, 2008, - Treatment - Posted by Emily

Argh, Newton is still only peeing twice a day. What is up with that?!?! All I can figure is that it must hurt him to go. I did discover that when he sits down and looks up it must pull on his staples because it is the only time that he will cry out in pain.

When I was taking his incision pictures, I noticed that there is a considerable more bruising. I sent Dr. Perry an email with a photo comparison of the incision site. Dr. Perry indicated that based on the amount of muscle that they had to take off with the leg, that amount of bruising would be expected.

Today we started using the heat pack several times a day verses the ice pack that we had been using over the weekend. After the first heat pack session, I noticed a tremendous amount of seepage coming from the "Y" portion of his incision. This had me concerned since we had not had any seepage all weekend. According to Dr. Perry, as long as it remains clear/red tinged and not malodorous, Newton should be fine. Newton has so much space where tissues were removed, that every time he lies down or moves, he is likely to stimulate more fluid production in the surgical site. When he lays on his side, the seepage just seems to stream from the "Y" portion of his incision. Since I work from home, I have been wiping the area dry and changing his t-shirt frequently.



Monday, October 6, 2008, ( 1 view ) - Treatment - Posted by Emily

Newton is still doing pretty well. He is eating better, but we are still having challenges getting those pills down. There has to be a better way. He is eating and pooping well. He still only pees twice a day. In researching the subject, it seems that this is not unusual. At least he is peeing once a day.

He is getting stronger each time he gets up to take a walk. He still needs help getting down the stairs in the backyard, but he doesn't want any help getting up the stairs.

I took another video so that you can see the progress that he is making. He is getting much steadier on his feet and more confident.



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