Frankenpuppy

This is Maggie pre-surgery.  She was not happy, she didn't get breakfast.  She was very sad but she got about 2 hours of belly rubs to keep her mind off of food and she was happier.  She got a short walk and got to see Otter off to school on the bus.  The green thing I'm holding in the picture is the beginning of my afghan, I got the first row done last night.

WARNING:  The next picture is a closer view of the spot.

It was larger than a pencil eraser, at least the part above the skin.  It was larger than it looks because it was also underneath the skin a bit.  It was slightly discolored on the top, which doesn't really show in the pictures.  It was not attractive!

I dropped her off at 8:00 a.m. and picked her up about 3:00.  She was happy to go for a ride in the car, but not happy with the destination.  She was more than ready to leave, however, at 3:00!

Here's one slightly bald beagle:

No cone of shame for her, but I'm thinking that maybe she needs one.  She has scratched at it a little bit, or at least tried to.  Frasier was very interested in it and kept trying to lick it.  I called the vet and they said we could wrap it with vet wrap, which is similar to an elastic bandage, but that it would not heal as fast.  I told them that we were just interested in tonight and maybe tomorrow, because I kept having to haul Frasier off of it.

Maggie is now sporting a lavender bandage wrapped around her head.  It's loosely wrapped, because it has to go underneath her head and we didn't want it to be too tight.

She has eaten a little bit and that improved her mood considerably.  We couldn't feed her very much, because there was still a risk that she would upchuck if she ate too much.  She's had 3 or 4 small snacks of dry food, not a lot of food at a time and not too often.  She seems to be ok.  She was a little groggy still when I got her, but a little food and some affection and she was much better.  I have to take her back in a couple of weeks to get the stitches removed.  Her appointment is the week after Thanksgiving, which is actually just over 2 weeks but because of the holidays it was the closest appointment I could get for her.  The vet was hoping to use surgical glue but he wound up having to use regular stitches.  She's got a little brusing and some swelling.  She has an antibiotic and what is basically a pain pill, I have to give her those starting tomorrow because they gave her today's doses.

I'm thinking that Frasier might be spending the night outside tonight.  And tomorrow they may be kept in seperate parts of the yard.  Because he will not leave her head alone, if we aren't policing him.