A relapse, of sorts

Had a minor setback after boarding Abbey while we traveled on a previously planned trip to CO. Upon picking her up and traveling home after a 5 day stay, we noticed a small amount of blood running down her leg from where her stitches had been and she wasn't putting any weight on her leg.

Our trip had been planned over the two week timetable for removing Abbie's stitches so we had them pulled at 12 days and boarded her. Our hopes were to come back to a very well rested and improved dog...what we got was all worries.

We got home pretty late so we bandaged up Abbie's leg and fought her to control the bleeding.It wasn't much so it didn't take long. The next day, we monitored her leg to see if it improved and it actually looked worse. By midnight, we were convinced it was reinjured so we made an appointment for the next day to see the surgeon.

The Doc gave her a thorough exam and found no new damage. He did however, find the tissue was swollen and she was retaining fluid around the site. We had to start her back on the rimadyl and some antibiotics, and keep doing the same things we had been.

2 more weeks untilthe next appointment...