Post-op

Dude had the big surgery yesterday and I guess it went as well as can be imagined.  The poor little guy is such a trooper with all he’s had to deal with in his short life.  Between both eyes he has almost 50 sutures, including ones on the outter corners of his eyes.  He’s also wearing a cone so he doesn’t rip the sutures out.  for the most part, he doesn’t seem too bothered by the sutures although he has tried to pry the cone off his head.  I don’t know if that’s because the cone disorients him and he’s not quite sure how to maneuver yet or if he wants to scratch his eyes.  His only post-op care involves antibacterial drops three times a day.  I’m really surprised they didn’t send him home with any pain killers.  There’s no way a human could have tolerated the pain of what he went through without pain killers.  The opthatmologist told Casey the swelling in Dude’s eyes is only going to increase over the next 4-5 days before it goes down.  His follow up visit to have the sutures removed is in two weeks (the day after he turns 1) so we’ll see how things are going at that point.  I guess its rare that a second surgery is needed but is always a possibility with wrinkly dogs.  He’s just so sad looking and his personality is definitely subdued but he’s eating so we’re hoping he’ll only get better.