Max's Road to Recovery

So Max got his sutures out yesterday and took it all like a champ. He didn’t yelp or cry once (although he did fidget a bit and keep turning his head trying to “watch” what the vet was doing). Here is what it looks like two weeks + 1 day post op. I think it looks pretty good.

I put a t-shirt on him to keep the wound clean and dry (and keep prying eyes away), but it was too big (youth large) so his one front leg kept hopping out of it. I tried to secure it with elastics, but that didn’t work well so I abandoned the t-shirt plan (at least until I buy a smaller sized shirt at the thrift store).

She didn’t refill his Carprofen, so we are one medicine down – yay! We’re just going to see how he does without it. His pain meds and his one antibiotic (for Coccidia) run out in two days. She said if he needs more of the Carprofen or Tramadol taht she will give us more, but we’re just going to play it by ear and see how he does. I would LOVE him to be off all the meds (except his thyroid meds – he will always need those).

He just finished his dinner and his nighttime meds and he’s ready for action! He looks kind of stunned in this photo, but every time I tried to take a full body shot of him he would crawl into my lap instead. He’s such a ham.

His wound may be without stitches but it is still itchy. The vet said I could put small amounts of Polysporin on the spots where it looked aggravated (which aren’t many) and could use a wet washcloth to soften off some off the crusties. I’m certain he will be a new man in no time!