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13 days post op and abscess
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4 February 2016 - 9:48 am
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Yeah, unfortunately we've seen it happen occasionally. I'm sorry you are dealing with this. Hang tight and know that this is only temporary, things DO get better. Good luck today, keep us posted and give Charlie extra smooches from us.

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4 February 2016 - 10:45 am
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And the fight goes on.

Sweet Charlie is such a trooper. The surgeon was great with us today. He said that Charlie's tests are all great. His levels are all normal, no fever, and the amputation looks great. Unfortunately, 2-5% of surgery patients can get the abscess. He explained it as Charlie's body is fighting the infection by the wound eating itself creating the blood run. With the antibiotics and packing, Charlie's body will start to regenerate new cells and the blood will be less and less and the wound will be pinker and pinker with new tissue growth. This could take a while. Not a few days but maybe a couple of weeks. We have to go every couple of days to change the bandages unless he bleeds through them again like he did last night, then we go back immediately to change them. 

Today the surgeon cleaned out the abscess and no active bleeding when he did that. He packed it with seaweed bc seaweed is absorbent, natural and help regenerate new cell growth. On top of that, he packed it with medical packing, put two big bandages over it and wrapped Charlie back in a diaper type thing like before. 

The surgeon said that with this method, they are trying to by us more days instead of coming every day for a bandage change. He also took Charlie off Tramadol and upped the Tremeel. 

Charlie came home, ate, pee-pee, and pooped. Now he's resting again and hopefully on the mend. 

With this visit, I feel like the surgeon really listened and sat down with us to tell us exactly what to expect and the process. The MSRA culture will take at least 4-7 more days to come back, but he feels that Charlie doesn't have that. Finger crossed!!

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4 February 2016 - 10:50 am
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Thanks for the great update! Please keep us all posted.

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4 February 2016 - 11:04 am
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Glad you got some answers and some good care!! Interesting avout the seaweed

Okay, so while Charlie is resting, how 'bout posting pictures you may have on hand of that cutie-pa- tootie!!clap

Happy Hannah had a glorious additional bonus time of over one yr & two months after amp for osteo! She made me laugh everyday! Joined April's Angels after send off meal of steak, ice cream, M&Ms & deer poop!

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4 February 2016 - 3:53 pm
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I wasn't sure how to post photos. I went ahead and made a blog here on the site in Charlie's voice 🙂 

I’m Charlie. I’m a tripaw.

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4 February 2016 - 4:48 pm
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tonyak11 said
I wasn't sure how to post photos.

Pawesome! big-grin But you posted a link to your post preview URL, so we fixed that with the public link for you.

Now that you're uploading photos to your blog, you can follow the instructions for adding photos to forum posts by copying the image file links in your Media Library and pasting them into the Source field when using the Insert Media button in your forum post editor...

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Also, consider updating your forums profile and adding your blog link to your signature that will appear beneath all you blog posts.

Hope this helps! way-cool

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4 February 2016 - 9:44 pm
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OOOOOOOOMMMMM DDDDDD!!! CUTENESS ALERT!!!!!! Goi g to yoir blog now!

Happy Hannah had a glorious additional bonus time of over one yr & two months after amp for osteo! She made me laugh everyday! Joined April's Angels after send off meal of steak, ice cream, M&Ms & deer poop!

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4 February 2016 - 10:05 pm
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Charlie simply could not be more adorable. And I'm a writer who works at home, too, so I can also be with my recovering pup nearly all the time. I'm so grateful for that! Thanks so much for posting these fabulous pics!

((((((hugs)))))xxxx from Nancy & Susie

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5 February 2016 - 4:30 am
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SHOOOO! This morning there doesn't seem to be any blood trickling out of the bandages like the last three days. Fingers crossed we don't have to go to the vet today and just keep tomorrow's bandage change appt. 

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5 February 2016 - 9:20 am
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Paws crossed indeed!!!

Happy Hannah had a glorious additional bonus time of over one yr & two months after amp for osteo! She made me laugh everyday! Joined April's Angels after send off meal of steak, ice cream, M&Ms & deer poop!

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5 February 2016 - 10:17 am
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WOOHOOO!!!!

Paws, fingers, toes & tails crossed here. Be sure to get a good look at the area today, before the weekend, so IF there are any potential issues you can take him in today and not to the after-hours clinic.

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6 February 2016 - 7:22 pm
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Today my sweet Charlie had a bandage change. The bandage actually lasted the 48 hours this time!! Whoop! Today after the surgeon unwrapped Charlie, the abscess is all healed. Wonderful news! The MSRA came back negative. The hole where the abscess burst is still there and oozing a little, not the blood gush it was, but it's showing healing and fresh pink skin. The surgeon bandaged Charlie again and set an appt for Tuesday. YAY! 

A fun story....I actually left his side today (for the first time) and left the house to go to my niece's basketball game. My sweet Charlie just might be milking me...after I left, my husband sent me a photo where Charlie got up (which he hasn't done on his own in two weeks without me coaxing him or carrying him!) and walked to the front double glass doors and barked at everyone who walked by! So old Charlie!!! Since I've been home, he's laying back down next to me and giving me sad eyes. I'll let him blog on that with photos next week on the blog! Stinker. 

Fingers crossed for a good three days!!! 

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6 February 2016 - 9:21 pm
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Yaaay! Way to go Charlie, you're doing so great! Bark away kiddo.

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6 February 2016 - 9:53 pm
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I can SOOOOO relate to that story! Both my two-legged kid and my four-legged "fur kid" really know how to play upon my sympathy. Susie can spend hours giving me those "Poor Pitiful Pearl" looks, yet you should hear her bark whenever she spies a squirrel daring to enter her backyard! They know how to push our buttons!laughing

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