FHO Surgery and a week after..

Bailey Frost diagnosed with HD March 18, 2011
original X-Rays


FHO Surgery was recommended and selected
http://www.vetsurgerycentral.com/fho.htm

Surgery was completed on Wednesday May 25th.
Post Surgery X-Rays


When I came to pick Bailey up it was suggested by a vet I leave her overnight...
So I picked her up Thursday morning...she had some drainage and she was too sore to be wiped/cleaned up.

Her temp. was good, minimal swelling...
Here is the incision day after surgery..




after getting to her bed she stayed in it for most of the day, i applied some ice packs to the area....


She also had her dewclaws removed....

everything was going well....she was getting around even went off leash outside on a sunny Saturday...



and than Sunday came....
I decided that her bandages needed to be changed, so left the house to pick them up....when i came home some 40 min later..

she pulled all of her stitches out.....at first it did not look so bad, skin was actually holding shut, she pulled them 4 days too early...but as she tried getting up top part came apart....when she hopped around the gap kept getting bigger and within 5-10 min from time i came home we were back out heading towards animal hospital....i actually did panic...thank god for my husband who lifted her up and put her in a Jeep and off we went....spending our Sunday evening in a waiting room..


some 4 hours later.....and a lot less $ in the bank account...Bailey got "zipped" up...


hours after anesthesia...and with a "permanent" E collar now on her neck...she was very goofy....she wanted to go play with other dogs, she wanted her ball, she wanted to run on hardwood floors...so after stern "BED" command, she finally lied down..



She was restless most of the night.....so i did not get much sleep either....i do think that her new bandages look great on her..LOL..

so, how did you guys spend your memorial day weekend?