Jamie's Spay Day - Thoughts and Prayers for a nervous mom!!

[ramanth]

Prayers and good thoughts!

[Jessika]

I was nervous but she of course did awesome!!

They also had to remove a fatty deposit (well I discovered it last night and asked them to ask the vet about it this morning). They said it was an old hernia from her umbilical cord, so for an extra $50 removed and analyzed it to make sure it wasn't cancerous and what have you. So she was under for twice as long as my in-laws dog, Angel, who was spayed today as well.

So she has two littttttle incisions on her abdomen and she's completely out of it still, she's walking funny like she's sore and won't drink but it's only been a few hours, she's probably still drowsy and out of it from the anesthesia.

But must say, it's so adorable that she's out of it, she just wants to be around us and is very lovey hehe

[chocolatepuppy]

Good to hear Jamie is home!

[MoonandBean]

How is the Jamester doing?

[Pawsitive Thinking]

Good news. I am sure she will get lots of fuss too

[pitc9]

Glad everything went well and she's at home!

[Jessika]

How is the Jamester doing?

She's pretty much back to her old self today!!

Her "umbilical hernia" incision was "leaking" fluid but I'm sure it's just from her licking the area and/or running around outside (which I told her NOT to do... but you try telling an Aussie not to run!!). It isn't red and irritated and it looks GREAT so far and she isn't even that interested in licking it a whole lot so hopefully she heals soon!

Unlike Charlie, he licked and scratched his to the point it got infected and was raw for... probably a good two months we had to deal with his. Even with an e-collar, he would break or rip off every one I could get on him and it was bad ><

[Shelteez2]

She's pretty much back to her old self today!!

Her "umbilical hernia" incision was "leaking" fluid but I'm sure it's just from her licking the area and/or running around outside (which I told her NOT to do... but you try telling an Aussie not to run!!). It isn't red and irritated and it looks GREAT so far and she isn't even that interested in licking it a whole lot so hopefully she heals soon!

Unlike Charlie, he licked and scratched his to the point it got infected and was raw for... probably a good two months we had to deal with his. Even with an e-collar, he would break or rip off every one I could get on him and it was bad ><

Can't you keep her on leash?? She really shouldn't be running around, whether she feels like it or not. A spay is a pretty major surgery. The external incision's healing is important, but it's all the internal sutures you need to worry about. The outside usually heals quickly.
I dunno, if it were me and my dog she would only be going outside on leash.

[Jessika]

Oh, don't worry, even if she's on a leash she'd be doing the same thing anyway. She isn't running laps around the yard if that's what you're thinking haha. We're being so cautious we didn't even let her jump on or off the bed but picked her up instead.

She's ok today, it wasn't anything major EXCEPT NOW I examined her incision from the spay and theres a lump underneath. Gonna call the vet tomorrow and ask about it. Both seem to be healing ok, but this lump wasn't there before her spay as I palpated her abdomen the night prior (that's how I found the fatty deposit).

EDIT: I should reiterate to include when I mentioned "running" in my previous post, I'd meant running to a spot to pee, and you know I guess it would even be more of a "trot" versus run if anything