Hello everyone,

My sweet great dane, Mrs. Dickens, had her hind leg amputated late October. She's undergoing chemo and just had her third cycle. She's had some problems at the incision site. For some time, there would be wounds that just seemed to spontaneously open. As she had fallen a couple times, we had thought that was the cause. But then realized it wasn't. The vet thought she was having a reaction to the internal stitches that should be disolving, so he put her on antibiotics about a week and a half ago. Since then, they have been healing up nicely. However, she still has these sudden pains. She'll be walking happily around or often shifting positions, then suddenly cry out, lie down and start to fuss with the area. It quivers and the pain seems to last for a minute, but it's upsetting to her and obviously hurts a lot. It's definitely a sudden shooting type pain. Anyone have this? I'm thinking my next step is to request an x-ray to see if there is a bone spur or something.

Thanks in advance,

Teri