Complete Recovery

It's been far too long since I posted anything here, sorry about that. I have noticed most of the traffic this blog has seen are people wondering about the drain tubes. I don't claim to know much about them but I do know that Abby has had a full recovery. Besides the fact that her rear end is shaped slightly un-naturally you can't even tell she ever had the wound or the surgeries. Doctor Zimmer did an amazing job. The guy that shot her only really got a slap on the hand, he had to pay me back for my out of pocket expenses and he was put on probation for one year, woopie doo, not much of a consequence if you ask me but she is my dog, I'd imagine if she had belonged to the Judge or the Prosecutor he would have experienced a harsher sentence, just the way of it I guess.

As far as the drain tubes are concerned, I'm not sure what questions you might have. I know they are necessary to get rid of the fluids that are a product of such wounds and the healing process. I know they need to be kept clean. I know that Abby's was removed when the drainage stopped which meant that part of the healing was complete and the next stage was beginning. The hardest part was keeping her from pulling it out and that's where the thing around her neck came in. On such a big dog that collar was a pain, she wasn't aware of the dimensions so she constantly ran into things and knocked things over but she didn't have to wear it too awfully long and we managed. For those of you that have questions, feel free to email me, not that I can actually answer whatever question you might have but I can certainly elaborate on my experience with Abby and at least try to point you in the right direction.

Abby is now 10 1/2 years old and is still doing just fine. She has an itch where her scar is, I suppose I should have antisipated this because she has an itch on her belly where her scar is from when she was spade so very many years ago, but we scratch her itches and all is well.

Thanks for reading....