WARNING: GRAPHIC PHOTOS OF SURGERY

*****WARNING BELOW ARE PICTURES OF LILLY POST SURGERY AND HER WOUNDS. DO NOT LOOK IF YOU HAVE SENSITIVE EYES******

There, now no one can say I didn't warn you.




















So here is the story:

Thursday morning at about 7:30 am Chris took Lilly to the vet for her two surgeries. She was having a vertebra in her tail removed, b/c it was curled under and poking into her bum. This will make her life MUCH more comfortable and our life easier. We also made the decision to get her fixed. We were originally going to breed her, then decided not to, and since anesthesia is very tough for bullies we decided to do it all at once.

So by noon on Thursday I received a phone call from the vet saying Lilly did beautifully and was in recovery and that her blood work was fantastic! This made me a very very very happy mom.

Sad news: Lilly had to stay the night at the vet so she could be monitored =(. It was only like the 2nd or 3rd time Lilly would have been away from both of us! I know I sounds crazy and obsessive, I admit it, I am.

So Friday morning Chris went to pick Lilly up she was very excited to see him!!! The vet said there would be some bleeding from her incision and to keep her CALM. Well, Lilly is not a calm bully. She's excited by everything, and since we allow her to snuggle on the couches and bed, it would be tough to keep her off. Oh yeah, did I mention she is NOT crate trained well either? Fun.

So she had some bleeding and we let her sleep in the bed that night, which was a bad idea b/c she was jumping up and down which made her inscion from being fixed bleed. I called the vet Saturday morning for advice and was scoulded. I understand we need to keep her calm, but how? The vet told me if we do not the inscions will rip out and then will have to be redone. Yikes.

So we decided we would crate her for most of the day. It's a big crate and I put her dog bed in there. So she'll be okay.

Well Saturday night we realized b/c she lays down and lays right on her belly, she was irratating it and causing swelling from laying on it and bleeding when getting up b/c it would adhere to the ground/blankt/dog bed, whatever she was laying on.

So we called the emergency vet b/c it was about 6 pm. They work closely with out regular vet and we had taken Jeffrey there when he was dying so we trusted them. They said they did a complimentry check for post surgery patients so Chris and I rushed there.

Take note during all of this, Lilly wants to run, jump, and play. She is active and b/c she's on pain pills isn't really aware that anything is wrong.

So we went into the vet and she was just so excited to see people. The vet came in (she also owns bullies =)). And said that Dr. Peterson did a great job on Lilly's surgeries and she looks great! She took her in the back and drained fluid from the belly incscion and cleaned up the scabbing.

She gave us some at home care instructions of heat packing it about 4 times a day with a warm wash cloth, and that some benedryl should make her drowsy and less active.

AND

The vet didn't even charge us for draining and cleaning. She said when a pet gets fixed there are 3 layers that get suchers, the abdomin, the fat layer, and then the skin layer gets a skin glue. That's what keeps coming undone and bleeding, her actual stiches are fine, THANK GOD.

The vet reglued the skin for us, some which has already peeled off and the swelling is back. She's doing good though today being very inactive thanks to the benedryl. She can take up to 2 (she's 40lbs and they can have one pill for every 25 lbs of weight so she's okay with 2) every 12 hours. We let her snuggle on the couch and is showing no intrest in moving =)

So that's that. She slept in her crate for the very first time ever in 2 1/2 years last night, she did okay, had to go potty about 8 times, and only cried for the first few minutes everytime she went back into her crate. She snored a lot though =)

She goes back in 14 days to have the stiches in her tail removed, which has been doing great! Below are some graphic pictures!

Here is Lilly's tum, this was Friday when I got home, it got MUCH worse by Saturday, but is doing better today.


Here is her bum. I blacked out her hoo haa and her bum hole. I don't feel doggy porn is appropriate, plus she's probably a little embarassed.


She was def. feeling good enough for pizza and snuggles



We put her crate in the living room during the day and in the bedroom at night. She is okay in it as long as she can see us.


Poor Lilly. Thanks for all the support. I hope I never have a child need surgery this is too stressful!!!