I called the ER again last night and they said that the culture was not back.  I tried again today and they said again, not back.  Maddie's regular vet (and the ER vet who sent the culture in) said it should have been back on Monday.  I explained this when I called a little while ago and they said the holiday was delaying everyone's results.  Soooo...

Jackie - she is not on antibiotics.  She started 5 days of Baytril last Tuesday so that is done.  They want to have the culture back before giving her any additional.  She's not running a fever, she's eating and drinking like a champ and generally acting like her old self again.  There is no more smell (thank goodness) and that seemed to be gone within just a day or two of it opening up.  Her UTI is gone (another thank goodness).  The fluid is still sort of bloody fluid and sometimes it's mucus-like (I know, gross).   There is still a lot coming out of it, but she likes to lay on that side and the doc said that would help it drain.   We are hot compressing under the hole three times a day and we're also massaging it.  She really LOVES that  - she lays perfectly still, falls asleep and SNORES lol.  She loves the hot compresses especially.  She doesn't seem to show any discomfort when we touch the area around the hole (we do not touch the hole itself).  She is favoring her one back leg still because of the cut she got getting in and out of the car last week.  She does fine on the rugs inside, but when she's outside on the patio or grass she is limpy on it.  I guess that must irritate it.

Overall, despite the draining and mess, we are in a much better place than we were last week this time.  And one of the good things that came out of all this is that she's basically had her whole body xrayed, complete blood and urinalysis and she is metastasis free!  We are all SOOOO happy about that.  And she is whining a bit when she hears her brother!!!  Almost like she wants to be with him again.  The growling when she hears him is completely gone - now when he barks, she barks, like a chorus (that's how it used to be).  That makes me very happy and I'm hoping they can hang out together again when she is healed!   I know he misses her a lot. 

I will keep everyone posted.  I figure this has to be the beginning of an upward swing for Miss Mads!

sebastiandoodle said
Is Maddie still leaking fluid? How long has it been since this started? We are waiting on Sebastian's cultures to come back.  

Yes, she is.  She got very sick two weeks ago (one month post amputation) and eventually last Tuesday night her incision area burst open at a corner spot.  She gushed blood and fluid for at least an hour and it's been steady leaking ever since.  She also had a fever and her incision was hot and swollen.  Sadly the surgeon and ER Vet did not diagnose infection.  They thought her cancer had spread so it took a week from the start to get any antibiotics.

paws120 said
Can you please try the antibiotic after food? Just a small amount, wait a bit then the meds? Unless they say it has to be on empty stomach that can make all the difference in the world.   

Hmmm.  It says with or without food so I gave it to her with her dinner.  Do you think I should space it out if she vomits again?  I gave her boiled chicken and rice for her meals today hoping it was bland enough....