As you will have seen from a couple of posts ago, Jet had a full leg bandage on after his op. The vet had organised that we would go in for a check up on Friday - just over a week after his op - to have the bandage removed. Jet, however had different ideas and removed it himself overnight on Wednesday! I manage to unravel it all and cut off enough clean bandage to redress his wound, but he removed that one too overnight on Thursday. Fortunately the wound is well healed so I've just left it be now.
He certainly seems to think he is fully healed so is in the most 'dangerous' stage of his recovery now. We will have to keep a very close eye on him so he doesn't do anything to jeopardise. He has a substantial scar where they put a metal plate into his elbow and another smaller one on the other side where the surgeon removed a chunk of bone which had snapped off. We are keeping our fingers crossed that it has been successful and that our pet insurance will help out with the costs!
We took him to the vets and she was very pleased with his progress, saying that he looks more like 4 weeks post op than just the one, but we will still have to protect him from his own natural bounciness!
It's a glorious day here today, if rather chilly, so I have been out doing one of my favourite (heavy sarcasm) jobs - drains! The main drain leading from the bathroom is a stupid design and gets easily clogged with hair and leaves. We have a lot of hair in this house - even my son has long hair! Anyway, all done now with the minimum of fuss .... Until the next time, although maybe it will be someone else's problem???
Mr D is doing one if his favourite jobs - completing his tax return form! He HATES them!
Mr D and I had a rare evening alone yesterday, so I cooked him his favourite - breaded garlicky mushrooms, followed by steak and home made oven chips. It was really nice to have a quiet meal together.
Have a lovely weekend everyone :)
Ah, can't beat a bit of together time. We have had to do our drains once or twice, disgusting what comes out isn't it? Did Jet not have to wear a lampshade thing to stop him biting his dressing?
ReplyDeleteNo lampshade for him, which was fortunate as it could have proved difficult getting him in the cage with that on too! He can't get to the actual wound because it's on the underside of his leg and actually it's only the shaved hair growing back that has caused him any irritation and that's mostly grown back now :)
DeleteLovely to hear that Jet is doing well.
ReplyDeleteOur poor Smudge has had a lot of operations for different things. We have never had a problem with the insurance covering them but the monthly premium goes up in leaps and bounds after each operation unfortunately.
I think we might get away with one elbow op on the insurance, but as their limit is £3000 per condition and each op is £3000 quite aside from the £900 for all of the initial scans, we might be pushing our luck to get any more out of them! That won't stop me trying though :)
DeleteGreat news that he is recovering well, I can imagine him tearing off the banadage to get to an itch he can scratch must be frustrating for him I bet he was pleased with himself for it tearing off, I hope he continues to make good progress :-)
ReplyDeleteOh yes he was VERY pleased with himself!! Fortunately, no harm done :)
DeleteGlad he's on the mend. Steak and chips, garlicky mushrooms you are a diamond. I'm sure hubby appreciated every mouthful. I hate tax returns too so much.
ReplyDeleteMr D certainly seemed to appreciate his dinner which is good. I had threatened to give him calamari followed with liver and onions which o would be very happy with!
DeleteThe tax return always makes him nervous that he's going to type the wrong thing and end up being charged thousands!!
That's great that he's healing so quickly. Hate cleaning drains, thank God my husband does that. He paid our quarterly taxes this week too.
ReplyDeleteDrains are kind of gratifying when it goes from blocked and overflowing to free flowing, but it's not something I'd like to be doing too regularly!
DeleteOh yes, naughty Jet! Hope he's not too bouncy and doesn't do himself any more damage.
ReplyDeleteHe'll certainly need watching, but we are pleased to see him recovering so well :)
DeleteOh I know that healing time when they think they are better and really are not.
ReplyDeleteThey get so bored.
Good Luck with Jet and I am happy to read he is getting better.
cheers, parsnip and thehamish
Thank you :) I'll pass on the good wishes from Hamish too!
DeleteGood to hear that Jet is making a fast recovery its so hard to keep dressing on dogs even with the cone of shame. Have a lovely week, dee x
ReplyDeleteThanks - you too :)
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