Day 10 To Today (Friday 21st - Sunday 23rd February) - Stitches Out & We're Getting Dizzy!

Friday was finally the day I'd been waiting for since the op - stitches out! Yay! I HATE putting a Buster Collar on Dizzy and he hates it just as much. For the past ten days, I've been sleeping on the sofa so Dizzy can spend the night in an extra large crate that won't fit in our bedroom, to make sure he was as comfy as possible and able to manoeuvre himself around with the 'cone' on. Every night when he saw the cone in my hand, he'd lower his nose to the floor and try to stop me putting it over his head :( But now - no stitches mean no cone, which means I get to go back to my bed, and Dizzy can sleep in a smaller crate in the bedroom. Phew!

The stitches came out without issue & the vet was impressed that the wound was so neat and clean - Dizzy's not been given any opportunity to lick it or chew the stitches and there's been minimal blood/discharge. Dizz was as good as gold, letting the vet have a good feel of the leg and move it around a bit. She said all feels normal and as it should - the scar was giving off a slight heat but she wasn't worried as the wound itself is so clean and there's no inflammation. She did say that April (the date of Dizzy's post-op appointment with the surgeon) seemed a bit far away to her, so she would recommend bringing him back in to them (my local vet) around mid March for a follow up check, or sooner if we have any worries. Essentially, as long as he continues to improve and move forward, everything is all good - it's only if he starts to go backwards that we should worry.

Dizzy was a bit stiff for the rest of the day, due to the amount of activity in the morning - he walked well to and from the car and the vets (but was lifted in and out of the car) and did lots of wiggling at the other dogs in the waiting room! But we know that if he's stiff, it's because he's done too much and we just need to let him rest. 

This weekend, he's been so full of beans it's getting really hard to keep him still! He's constantly trying to spin around, chasing his tail - it's making me dizzy! And once, yesterday, he managed to jump onto the sofa before I could catch him. He didn't use his poorly leg for the jump, but I need to be much more careful and make sure that doesn't happen again. 

He's walking well on his leg, but will do a three legged hop if he wants to move quickly and that stupid leg is slowing him down! We're very lucky though, that he's such a laid back dog and although he loves to be active and go for long walks, he loves sleeping just as much!

This is the leg this morning - there's practically no scar already and pretty soon you probably won't even know he's had anything done: