Because the ankle incision was bothering him he was licking it a lot. I couldn’t put an e-collar on him because of the upper shoulder incision. The e-collar would rest on that incision and cause irritation and bleeding. I tried an inflatable e-collar but he could still reach the ankle. So a call to the vet with a ‘can we come in today’ request for antibiotics and we had to keep it covered to minimize his licking. This would lengthen healing. 3 hours after that visit, I was wrapping his leg and I noticed 3 stapes were missing. Another call to the vet. Another trip to the vet. I like my vet. I like the girls in the office. But this was getting ridiculous.
Two days after the new staples were put in, they had come out again. I was puzzled. The leg was constantly wrapped. He could not have licked them out. I was not calling the vet again. I was going to make sure the incision site was closed and healing. Only if that failed, would I call again. In talking to the vet tech, we determined that the location, right on the ankle was the issue. He would flex his leg and the staples would work their way out.
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