Lexie has been doing well so far, all things considered (she had her surgery on Weds. April 9). We baby-gated both sets of stairs and have kept her in our living room/kitchen area. 

Since she has always hated being picked up -- and feels the same way now -- we did a modified ramp from the front steps into the yard, and we've just been walking her down and up gently to let her into the yard to do her business. She's also been on a few very short walks, and does a pretty hop. 

Earlier today we were going up and downstairs ourselves and realized we had a baby-gate lapse. Before we knew it we heard her coming down the stairs(!)...scared the dickens out of us. Fortunately the stairs have Berber carpet so she didn't slip. We looked at her stitches and staples and they seemed to be okay initially. 

(Btw, she didn't like going down that set of stairs before the tumor showed up on her leg, and she definitely didn't when it turned into full-blown soft tissue sarcoma.) 

So, it's been a couple hours and there seems to be some very slight bleeding around the stitches/staples. I'm going to try to post a pic but my phone is being finicky so thought I'd ask here for now. I searched the forums for pulled staples/stitches and didn't see any photos...just trying to get a sense of whether I need to worry. She seems to be acting pretty normal, although she's been a bit more tired than usual since it happened. 

What do y'all think? Has anyone else's tripawd had a similar accidental stair encounter so soon post op?

Thanks in advance for any thoughts or advice. 

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