Woozy Wednesday

No, I am not woozy despite that benadryl I had yesterday.  I am happy to report that my vet visit went well.  Dr. B. gave me only two of my vaccines, my rabies and my distemper shots.  In two weeks I can go back and get my lepto and bivalent canine flu vaccines.  This way IF I have a reaction, we can narrow down the culprit.  NO reaction at all this time. Dr. B. said Mom could give me some more benadryl last night, but she thought all was looking good, so no more sleepy meds for me.

Now Lightning is a totally different story.  Mom showed Dr. B. a photo of his incision which had gotten a lot worse overnight Tuesday night.  He thought he saw a hole and told Mom to bring me right over.  So she brought Misty home and took Lightning back.  We have been to the vet's place so much lately that her phone shows "7 minutes to *** Veterinary Clinic" whenever she gets in the car now:)

So the center part of Lightning's incision had pulled apart quite a bit.  Dr. B. wanted to try putting in a few big stitches to close the gap some but not totally.  He wanted it to be able to drain some.  He didn't see any sign of infection but thought it would be wise to do a culture just to be sure.  Lightning had a 14 day Covenia injection the day of his surgery which is probably still working.  But just to err on the safe side, Dr. B. put Lightning on a four day treatment with Baytril to tide him over until the culture comes back and/or the surgeon sees him tomorrow.  

Dr. B. felt pretty confident that he could do the stitches with just some local lidocaine rather than sedating Lightning.  If Lightning wouldn't lie still, he could still do the anesthesia.  Of course, Lightning was very good and let Dr. B. take care of him with just the lidocaine.  Now it is looking more and more likely that Lightning will not be getting his stitches out tomorrow:)

The "woozy" part of the visit is shown below.

Misty is keeping her very sleepy brother company.  After much discussion, we opted to put Lightning on some sedation medicine for a few days to keep him off his feet as much as possible.  Mom asked if he could stay at the clinic, but Dr. B. was concerned about him having an open wound and being in a hospital setting where he could be exposed to too much.  So he is home again and dreaming of his freedom as the meds work on him.  

This morning the incision is looking a lot better, but we will keep him on the sedative for a few more days.   Yesterday he was really out of it, but today he is more alert but still looking to lie down almost all the time.  That is a good thing.  Mom is trying to keep the sedation dose at a minimum.  Mom wishes this had been an option from the very beginning so we could have avoided all the stress of the past week.

Lightning feels quite fortunate to have an extra set of nursemaid hands today - our dancerina girl Ms. C. had the day off from school and decided to pay us a visit.  She has been stroking his furs for over a half hour now.  When she stops, all he has to do is tilt his head back and look at her, and then she starts all over again:)

Meanwhile, Misty and Timber are enjoying some really beautiful fall weather here and hoping it won't be long (dream on) before Lightning can join them.

While they wait, they will work together to keep the OP kingdom free of all those tree rats.


Woos - Lightning, Misty, and Timber