Jack Has Surgery Tomorrow

**ramanth** · 03-19-2007, 11:50 AM

Leave them stitches be Jack!

**4 Dog Mother** · 03-19-2007, 01:29 PM

Jack didn't leave his stitches alone! Pat was just coming in the door so we could check to see if Star's collar would fit Jack and as he came out we saw he had pulled the stitches out of the one on his back leg. Blood was running down it. So after Pat left I called the vet and took Jack in to have it checked. The vet decided not to put the stitches back in - that it had started to heal and that it should continue to heal.

Pat is using her collar on Star right now because she is still biting at that thing on her front paw pad so we put a belt around a rolled up towel that we put around his neck. It didn't last all night but almost.

He's at work with me right now. It's a slow week so I should be able to bring him in tomorrow too. By Wednesday, I would think everything would have healed enough to be able to leave him.

I am still trying to decide whether to order a collar to have on hand.

**ramanth** · 03-19-2007, 01:42 PM

Oh Jack...

I hope he does heal up quickly.

**cyber-sibes** · 03-19-2007, 01:55 PM

Well Jack, if you'd leave those stitches alone, you wouldn't have gone to the vet again. Heal, Jack, heal!

Diana, I pondered whether or not to get a collar too, but I'm fnding that it's getting A WHOLE LOT of use. I probably still have an e-collar or two hanging around somewhere, but Star seems to prefer the Bite-Not. She tolerates it pretty well. She still looks miserable, but she's not so upset about trying to eat, drink, walk through doors & lie down as when she has an e-collar.

Jack was so good, too, when we strapped it on him for size, he was so calm. I'm glad it worked out to take him with you to work.

**Freedom** · 03-19-2007, 02:29 PM

Hey, Jack, just checking in to see how you are doing, fella! Getting lots of work done with mom? Remember, they owe you a pay check come Friday! Feel well fast, fella.

**Cinder & Smoke** · 03-19-2007, 02:58 PM

Originally Posted by 4 Dog Mother

Jack didn't leave his stitches alone! ...

By Wednesday, I would think everything would have healed enough to be able to leave him.

I am still trying to decide whether to order a collar to have on hand.