Infection Prevention

Surgery was 2 weeks ago tomorrow - and yesterday little Miss had an impromptu trip to our regular vet. Why? Well, Sunday we noticed the ACL incicision had become bright red and started to swell just a bit. Nothing major - but noticeable because the swelling at the point had all but disappeared and the incision was looking fantastic. Her under-arm lump incision still looks great. Fast forward to yesterday morning: incision still bright red, but swelling had gone up quite a bit. So, call to the vet - and yesterday afternoon we're there. After a few minutes of Kona being a squirmy patient - we have the answer. Vet's call: quite a lovely looking infection. Not due to Kona licking (she's been coned pretty much 24/7), but just because sometimes these things happen. Great. So, another round of anti-biotics (5 days after we finished the first round) topped off with some lovely anti-bacterial cream which Kona is not impressed with at all (I'm guessing it stings). Follow-up with the surgeon on Thursday. Here's hoping for an infection-free incision and no more stitches!

It's time for round 2!

Next Tuesday, July 10 - Kona will be going in for TPLO surgery again. Poor girl partially tore her other knee up a couple months ago. She's been on Recovery supplements, bed rest and painkillers to see if we could heal it up. No dice. So, in we go. Another long road ahead for my crazy girl! Stay tuned! :)