It's Day 2 after Dolly's "stricture" surgery. Despite the fact that she has stitches inside and outside of her private area, she's doing very well. She's on TWO pain medications including Codeine, and an antibiotic. She's alert and happy to be home.
Last night, I slept on the floor next to her (thanks to Craig B for calling and suggesting I should do that and the ice pack)and she woke up several times trying to get comfortable. She didn't need the collar though, to keep her from licking the wound. She doesn't even touch the stitches. She's supposed to wear a collar for 2 weeks to keep her from licking the stitches, but the inflatable one I bought doesn't work as she can still reach back there. However, the horrible elizabethian one does work. But she's really not bothering it at all! In fact, I've left the collars off while we're in the house - and she's leaving the stitches alone. She's such a good girl. The only one I worry about is Franklin if he tries to lick Dolly's wound to heal it... so we'll have to separate them when/if we go out for a short time.
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