Hello,

Wonderful to meet you and Dallas, but so sorry it had to be this way!  One of my kitties, Tuxedo had his rear leg amputated following a run in with a dog.  So I can definitely relate to much of what you are experiencing on many levels even though different species and different leg.  Two weeks after his surgery, the vet took Tuxedo's stitches out and his incision had not healed leaving a large portion of it gapping open to a rather deep level.  The unhealed area was about the size of a walnut, which on a small cat seemed huge.  Evidently he had an infection.  He was given several antibiotics and a large bandage was stitched to his skin.  Stitched to his skin sounds worse than it really was.  It was several loops which were stitched to him and the bandage was held in place by lacing through those loops.  This bandage did resemble a maxi pad in that it was VERY thick.  Initially the bandage was wet and over time it would dry.  Everyother day he had to go in to get the dry bandage replaced with a new wet one.  He had to be sedated for each of these which was very worrysome.  At the time I discussed several options with my vet such as flap surgery (essentially Cutting a flap of nearby skin loose but leaving it still attached and stretching It to cover the open wound)  but decided to just keep with the bandages.  We also added several cool laser sessions which I believe did promote faster healing.  It was a very long healing process of roughly six weeks, but the wound did finally close.  Even now 10 months later Tuxedo still has an area which looks like a dent where it was, but it does not bother him in the least.

Kind of a long story from me, but just know that others here have been through extended wound healing processes too.  Hopefully very soon you and your vet will have a plan to get Dallas all healed up.  

Hugs & Best wishes,

-Dawna, Dazzle, and Tuxedo