Thank You so much Amanda!! That is wonderful to hear!! I am so glad that Boo is doing so well!! Sounds like Boo is a wonderful Dog!! You are so right describing the first few weeks as a nightmare!! I still can't believe that things are finally getting back to normal. Today was another great day. Valentina had a vet appt and they did an irrigation. They put antibiotics into the channel to make sure that it still keeps getting better. It is still not leaking and that "smell" is GONE!!!! She no longer has to stay confined and I no longer have to keep cleaning up the drainage and all the things that it got on. I didn't even have to put a bandage on her to take her to the vet. Today while outside she ran to greet my neighbor. She is really strong now. We are both so happy!! Thank You so much for sharing some of what you went through. Most of the stories on here are so positive I felt kind of bad telling about all the horrible stuff I went through. I didn't want anyone to be scared to have the surgery done. I do think it is important to have the good , the bad and the ugly because every story is different and everything doesn't always go the way you thought it would go. Reading all the positive outcomes on this site is one of the things that helped me make my decision. But it's not always about what happens but what you do about what happens.