The stitches failed due to her skin turning black in one area.  I was told that the skin was dead, that was why it had turned black.  The vet had to remove the black/dead skin, and during the removal, he found a "gray" area of infection in the wound and he cut that out too.  He thinks that was the reason for the oozing problem we have been dealing with.  She has been on antibiotics however they are working very slowly on the infection so removing the infected tissue should help with the healing dramatically.  After a good flush of the wound he packed it with gauze and I just got her home.  Her doctor says she should look and feel better in a few days since he found the infected tissue and removed it.  I am scheduled to bring her back in on Friday for a re-check of the wound and to remove the rest of the stitches.  Sadly, our vet confirmed that the tumor was Osteosarcoma from the biopsy of her removed leg so we are starting her chemo on Tuesday, June 8th.  I am hoping she handles the chemo okay.

One good thing for Brandy is her weight, she is down to 101 lbs.  Originally she was a husky 120 so the vet wanted to get her down to between 90-95 lbs since she will be depending on only 1 leg on the front.  She seems to be getting around really well now at her new weight, she even jumped into the truck on her own today before I was able to help her!  Brandy has never been athletic and has always been pretty clumsy.  We were so worried at how she would handle 3 legs when she had such a hard time with 4!! HaHa.  It just shows how adaptable these dogs are  

God bless to everyone and their wonderful dogs, I will let everyone know how Friday's visit goes...