Post-spay
I've been visiting your site since Lily Rose came home with me in late May, at the age of 9 weeks. As I took notice of "Roger," "Spike," "Ranger," and "Hank" in our neighborhood, I had Lily spayed at the age of five months. Well, so far her incision has not healed and the vet keeps putting me off, telling me Lily is having a "reaction to the suture." Well, okay, I agree with that. I've been an operating room nurse for twenty years and I've seen humans have the same type of allergic reaction. The difference being when a human reacts the sutures are removed and another product is used to close the skin. My Vet just wants Lily to "heal naturally." I recognize the healing properities of a dogs saliva, but this has gone on to long. The area is still open and oozing, usually scabing over but with a bloody looking scab. (Sorry to be so graphic.) Should I be looking for a different Vet? Thank you, |
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| When was she spayed? |
| A month ago this week. |
| I think that you should be getting a second opinion. I'd hate to see an infection complicate this further. As long as there is an open wound, there is the chance for infection. I'm sure you know what to look for as a healthcare professional.
It seems as though "natural healing" isn't working and sometimes better living through chemistry is called for. |
| I have used betadine swaps to clean it and apply neosporin ointment when she lets me. I think the wound needs to be surgically opened, cleaned, and closed again. My husband thinks I'm an over-protective Mom. |
| I guess I would rather be an over protective mom than not! Go see another vet. A month for an incision to heal is too long. Tyler had surgery for Bladder Stones last March. At one point I thought that he had opened up his wound, but it was that the antibiotics were not doing anything and what I thought was blood coming from his stitches was more than blood, it was infected. We took him in right away, changed him to a more powerful antibiotic and drained the wound of the blood and other stuff (not wanting to be to graphic here), restapled the stitches and home we went. His stitches came out a week later and the whole thing was healed. He never licked his wound, nor did he ever even bother the area. That is why I think a month for a wound to heal and if the stitches are causing the wound to not heal then change them. What the heck is the doctor waiting for, an invitation.
I am with you, see another Vet, go with your instincts. Good luck |
| I know this is an old topic but my pup has reacted to the stitches and is all oozing blood and swolen and blistery and I wondered what hapened with your dog and what we should do.
We have antibiotica and anti inflams to give her but so far it gets worse rather than better and she is just caged up to kep her calm... so we are not at all happy... I can't understand why we weren't warned about this before the surgery... if it is so common.... ...it's awful seeing her like this...  |
| So sorry to hear your baby is having a problem healing.
It sounds like you need to go back to the vet and have them check it. If the sutures are causing the problem, they should be able to clean and drain the incision and use something else to close it. |
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