Jerry and my other greyhound have always preferred to sleep in separate rooms. There are dog beds everywhere, and they are rarely sleeping in the same room together. My other greyhound is more clingy to us but Jerry has always preferred to do his own thing and is definitely the more independent one (as I was reminded when I have tried to assist him up after surgery)! I let him roam wherever he wants on the main level and try and settle where he wants come the evening, hasn't made any difference yet though. We will just have to see how this evening restlessness progresses. He's the more active one as well, so I'm sure he is missing all the walks and exercise he used to get too. Both our dogs go outside together, eat together and get treats together so that is back to normal.

His incision is less weepy today, 5 more days until the stitches are out!

POD 14 today!

Jerry continues to do really well. That blister that popped beside his incision continues to weep a little serous fluid but his incision looks good and nothing looks infected. I'm anxious for that blistered area to heal up because I really want to get him out of his cone when his stitches come out in 2 days. I've cut his trazadone dose in half (to 50 mg) at night because he seems to be doing really well in the evenings now. No pacing or panting. I'm thinking Jerry is just needing time to get back into a regular routine. I'm going to continue to give 50 mg of trazadone until his cone can stay off. I really think that is bothering him. His nights are fine now but after I left for work this morning I put the cone on after he ate and went outside and my husband said he was up pacing around for most of the morning with the cone on, running into things etc..yeesh this cone has got to go!

I forgot to mention the oncologist called with the pathology of the mass in Jerry’s paw that would not stop bleeding. It was a benign, invasive hemingioma. The first one that she has seen. It was growing rapidly and was very vascular as the name suggests which is why it would not stop bleeding. So great news, Jerry does not have cancer and she said the only solution to what Jerry had going on was amputation anyways. I am very grateful for how everything has turned out.

Jerry had another calm night and is resting comfortably this morning. I took him down the street about three houses and back last night. He was itching to get out and get going. He is 15 days post op today. I am wondering if I can start taking him for short walks now or is it too early. He is moving around so great, but I don’t want to slow his healing in any way.

I kid you not, Jerry got to his stump and pulled some stitches out with his cone on!! My husband walked downstairs and said he had his stump right in his cone! I'm not surprised, greyhounds can contort their bodies pretty well. My other greyhound can twist her body right around and rest her head on her bum. Luckily no real damage done, stitches can come out any day anyways. My vet was able to fit me in this evening and they took the rest out. I was instructed to use a chlorhexadine wash on it twice a day and dry well. It looks a little irritated in areas and she is not real happy with the amount of bruising at the bottom of the stump but realizes greyhounds do bleed more. The bruising is still diminishing a little every day. So likely another week with the cone until its healed enough that Jerry won't want to lick his incision.

Anyways, too funny jerry that you mention I'm so diligent with the cone..