Today is 2 weeks post amp and we went to Dr. Jim (the vet) at lunchtime. First I stopped by my office to show Charley off a bit. He has so many “friends” here who gave him lots of hugs and kisses. Charley was pretty fired up to be in the car, out & about on the town!!
Dr. Jim was “tickled” with how Charley’s incision is healing! Hooray! They removed the stitches & Charley was a very good boy. He’s still bandaged up because there’s some seeping from the incision, but we’ll see how that’s going in a few days. I’m looking forward to the days when there is NO bandage there and NO t-shirt. Another couple of weeks, I’m guessing.
Charley is licking and scratching at his bandage quite a bit – which is just part of the healing process. I don’t want him to break open that incision site on accident (we’ve had enough of our dramatic races to the vet’s office…..), so I’m going to be extra cautious.
Dr. Jim suggested I wean Charley off the Tramadol “tomorrow or so.” I think I’ll be a little gentler than that. We’re on 4 pills/day now. Maybe we’ll do 2 days at 3 pills, then 2 days at 2 pills, etc. I don’t want to shock his system too much!
I guess I have to get ready for my wild dog again, huh? Though I don’t love the circumstances, I have come to love the lazy dog that Charley has been during his recovery. I could cook in the kitchen & feed dinner to the kids without constantly bumping Charley off the counters w/ my hip or hollering, “Charley!! Get! Down!”
But that is not life w/ an English Setter. Not even one with 3 legs, I guess.