raratt
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I'm pulling for your pup, give him a treat for me.
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ChronicWonders.
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That’s awesome they were able to do it. We are pulling for ya.
tangerinegreen555
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He gets his pills in slices of cheese so he likes that part. And getting hand fed because his cone knocks over his food bowl. Hanging for a while now.
Then I'll be over at 0600 hours to take over for my daughter. Hope they both get a couple hours of sleep at least.
They really cut some big ass margins, but whatever it takes.
Singlemalt
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He's a good boy
Hope they gave him some reasonable pain meds - that looks like a large/painful incision.
Snuggles for your baby.
Snuggles for your baby.
tangerinegreen555
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On duty. He insisted on going in garage after I took him out. My big job today is to try to get him to drink some water. Hopefully, he'll get thirsty soon.
He loves the oversized garage heater. Gets to 80 in a hurry in here, but only 19 outside.
He's doing well.
Laughing Grass
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Poor guy
How long does he have to wear the cone?
tangerinegreen555
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Until the sutures heal enough to not be vulnerable to infection from licking.Poor guy
Humans aren't supposed to get them wet to avoid infection, dogs absolutely can not lick them.
Which brings us to intermittent rain tomorrow. I'll be watching the radar app to try to keep him dry. I can only assume that any wetting of that area is very risky.
I was kind of surprised they weren't covered but I had a dog who had kidney surgery once that looked even worse with a zipper from his neck to his penis that wasn't covered either.
Scary, but he's under 24 hr. supervision.
Can't come this far and get infected now.
Laughing Grass
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They just look so miserable wearing the cone of shame. Hopefully he's drinking and eating normally now. They're like your kids, I would spare no expense if my dogs health was at risk. Was there any muscle damage when the took out the tumor? What about a raincoat for him? They look like they would keep his wounds covered.
My dog had cryptorchidism so they made us wait until he was two before having him neutered in the hope his testicles would descend. He was the same as your guy, no dressing or anything covering the wounds. We tried using the soft kong inflatable cone but it didn't stop him from licking so we went back to the plastic cone.
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My dog had cryptorchidism so they made us wait until he was two before having him neutered in the hope his testicles would descend. He was the same as your guy, no dressing or anything covering the wounds. We tried using the soft kong inflatable cone but it didn't stop him from licking so we went back to the plastic cone.
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tangerinegreen555
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Recovery Day 2.
We go in the garage and nap for an hour, then go for a little walk, then go in the house and nap for an hour or 2.
Rinse and repeat. He likes to hear voices so we listen to podcast interviews all day. (The Dana Carvey interview by Howard Stern on Pandora is fabulous, btw. Lots of impressions. 25 different Stern interviews on Pandora right now, many are pretty cool, select podcasts to get in.)
Full time job, but I'm off tomorrow since my daughter will be home.
Still, I'll probably relieve her for a couple hours here and there so she can go food shopping for a while.
We're getting through it.
So my daughter asks last night after work, "what would a person do if they didn't have a family member who loves dogs to watch their dog right after surgery?"
Lol.
"Save your money."
shrxhky420
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tangerinegreen555
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His balls turned up missing when he was a puppy.
The dog never had a break other than getting adopted.
He was born blind (optic nerve never fully developed, he may see shadows), was adopted in Florida by my daughter when she lived there for 3 years, and he was adopted off the euthanization list.
And he is the best behaved dog I've ever known short of trained show dogs.
He's even on a local billboard, which I posted around Christmas.
Even billboard stars can get sick.
His cancer survivor collar is on it's way, ordered last week. Looking for a similar leash, haven't found one yet.
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tangerinegreen555
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Lab report on MCT's came to vet's office today. Around the same time the sun came out.
Stage 2, which means he is a cured bonafide cancer survivor. Still a long way to go to keep sutures infection free, but we're finally on a down hill path.
Party time when the cone comes off.
Congrats on the good news - big sigh of relief!
BTW, how can you live in a place that has so much snow?
BTW, how can you live in a place that has so much snow?
tangerinegreen555
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That's what my drive over in the morning looked like that day.
Seriously.
The temp. rose through the day when the sun came out and the good news melted the snow.
Bizzare winter here.
shrxhky420
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