Dude had the big surgery yesterday and I guess it went as well as can be imagined.\u00c2\u00a0 The poor little guy is such a trooper with all he’s had to deal with in his short life.\u00c2\u00a0 Between both eyes he has almost 50 sutures, including ones on the outter corners of his eyes.\u00c2\u00a0 He’s also wearing a cone so he doesn’t rip the sutures out.\u00c2\u00a0 for the most part, he doesn’t seem too bothered by the sutures although he has tried to pry the cone off his head.\u00c2\u00a0 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.\u00c2\u00a0 His only post-op care involves antibacterial drops three times a day.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m really surprised they didn’t send him home with any pain killers.\u00c2\u00a0 There’s no way a human could have tolerated the pain of what he went through without pain killers.\u00c2\u00a0 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.\u00c2\u00a0 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.\u00c2\u00a0 I guess its rare that a second surgery is needed but is always a possibility with wrinkly dogs.\u00c2\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dude had the big surgery yesterday and I guess it went as well as can be imagined.\u00c2\u00a0 The poor little guy is such a trooper with all he’s had to deal with in his short life.\u00c2\u00a0 Between both eyes he … Continue reading