I consulted another vet today. His opinion largely matches his regular vet surgeon's.

- to dress the wound locally for one week giving time for internal healing. 

- after one week evaluate for surgery. Surgery will consist of taking out dissolvable internal stitches provided it's healed enough inside and stitching the 1 inch gap outside.

The vet said there's less likely to complications this time because the skin can be stitched in a straight line as opposed the y shape (the unhealed portion is the joining of the y). He'll need to go back on antibiotics. 

He's also prescribed an ointment which has similar to the granulox spray but can be applied more frequently. He also agreed with Kaju's surgeon that the infection is superficial and mild and we can stop oral antibiotics for now from today. He'll have to have daily cleaning of wound and covering it up with gauze and porous plaster to prevent dirt from getting in. 

Thanks everyone for being with us on this journey and being patient with me. I'm still quite apprehensive and anxious but if stitches mean faster healing then I guess that's what I have to opt for. I'm trying to think of one day at a time. Wednesday is his dental evaluation. Fingers crossed for that.

Sorry about late update. His scapula was not taken out because the vet felt it would be too invasive. The blue stitches are the dissolvable stitches holding together the muscles. They've been taken out on Wednesday. The vets still feel we should wait for another week before deciding whether he needs stitches. They feel the wound looks good and infection free nad looks like it has narrowed a little in one place. So it's every 3 days dressing with antibiotic ointment and granulox spray. However, kaju manages to open the gauze bandage or soil it so practically i dress it at home with cleaning and applying antibiotic amikacin gel everyday.

On Thursday (yesterday) Kaju had appointment with the dentistry specialist. He said that Kaju's teeth looked pretty okay and there was no swelling inside his mouth or lymph nodes. So he recommended no surgery for now. He's also given an ezymatic toothpaste that I'm goi g tos tart using after Kaju is back to eating as before. I'm going to send him a few videos of Kaju eating because he refused to eat in at the clinic and the vet wanted to see how he is eating to gauge if there's any underlying issue.

The continuing issue remains his refusal to eat. Even with appetite meds he doesn't eat much at all despite trying 7 varieties of dry food and 4 varieties of wet food. But he is drinking more on his own. His eosinophil levels were a bit high in his last blood test and I'm awaiting a report of stool examination to see if he might have stomach parasite. 

I'm wondering if I should stop giving the probiotic (benebac plus)? Could that be causing inappetence? He also gets really depressed in his collar. But everytime i put on a shirt on him while he enjoys licking and scratching himself he also invariably 8 out of 10 time manages to take off the gauze covering his open incision. I've ordered a different kind of soft collar let's hope he's less depressed in that and isn't able to open up the gauze bandage. 

His furless skin around the wound is also very itchy: loves it when i rub it and any chance he gets licks it raw. Anything I could safely apply to soothe it?