I'm a mess right now! My GSD had surgery 3 1/2 weeks ago( ACL Surgery) The Dr said we could take his e-collar off now and again. Well I must of not put it on right because I went out to the store for 15 minutes and I came back and he had managed to get his head out of the e-collar and down by his ankle where he was shaven, he had a scab, he chewed off the scab and chewed through his flesh all the way down to the bone. He's at the hospital right now getting surgery. The area where he chewed was not where he got the surgery( near the knee) but was an area that was hurt since 2 weeks ago the dr banaged his leg too tight and his whole lef swelled up and blood started coming out of his ankle. Luckily I saw that his leg was swollen and took his bandage off quickly and the swelling went down, the bleeding stopped, and for the last 2 weeks has had a huge scab. It looked like it was healing, but 15 minutes and he had chewed his leg apart. I'm so Mad at me, I should of never even removed his collar, but I thought after almost 4 weeks, he would of like a break from it.....
I just feel I wonder if he will ever heal. It's one thing after another. Kind of wish I never did the surgery. We are going on vacation to the beach with him in 3 weeks...of course I'm keeping him caged the whole vacation, but I wonder if I should just cancel. I Would lose my money if I did, but I worry since the closet vet is pretty far in case something else happened. Thanks for listening. Sorry this is a long entry!!
I just feel I wonder if he will ever heal. It's one thing after another. Kind of wish I never did the surgery. We are going on vacation to the beach with him in 3 weeks...of course I'm keeping him caged the whole vacation, but I wonder if I should just cancel. I Would lose my money if I did, but I worry since the closet vet is pretty far in case something else happened. Thanks for listening. Sorry this is a long entry!!