Today is our first full day at home with our patient. Last night all we managed to do was feed him dinner, take him outside twice and watch him sleep. Today is the real test.
Last night Romeo woke up around 1:00am and 4:30am. He seemed antsy both times and we took him outside for a potty break. He wasn’t super interested but did drink water. At the 4:30 wake up call, he got his next round of pain meds and we all napped again until 7:30. (As a side note, Trent and I are not cut out to have our sleep interrupted – raising children would not be pleasant.)
Another round of potty walks and an attempt at breakfast later, I headed out to run errands. It was time to stock up on vet wrap. Conveniently, Wilco has vet wrap on sale for the whole month and has a huge supply.
When I got back home it was time to attempt the first bandage change. When I took the old bandage off, I got my first view of his incision and the drain. It looked great and Romeo didn’t care that I messed with it to clean off some dried goo.
For all of my animal friends – especially Annie – the picture of his incision is at the bottom of this post. Do not scroll down all the way if you don’t want to see my FrankenDog. Don’t worry, I’ll give you plenty of warning.
I did forget to count the staples this time, so you still have time to get in on the bet.
The rebandaging process was going to be tricky since I needed Romeo standing for enough time for me to wrap and wrap and wrap around his chest.
To save time I premade his “bandage” out of an old towel and an assortment of pads.
The incontinence pads seemed to be the winners since they were the biggest and thickest, but I used a mix of all three kinds I bought.
Trent tried to get Romeo upright for me so I could wrap him. With some canned food and many breaks between wraps, we finally got the bandage attached to the dog.
My bandaging skills leave much to be desired, but I think it is at least functional.
Purple yesterday. Green today. What will tomorrow bring?
An old towel, ten pads, two rolls of vet wrap and a square foot of cast padding later, we were done. After this undertaking, Romeo was exhausted.
Halfway through the afternoon and his bandage is still going strong, so I’m pretty happy.
That’s it for now.
Ok, so if you want to see my FrankenDoggy…
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If not,…
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