Licking The Wound
Back in November, our dog Santo had a small hard lump on his side. He is a very sleek dog, so we noticed it right when it appeared. After taking him to the vet, it was decided to have it removed. The surgery was pretty simple, and Santo is a tough dog, so it wasn't really a big deal. Except once he got home, he ripped out the stitches. Back to the vet we went. He got it restitched and then we put a neck pillow around his neck so he couldn't reach the incision. Things were finally healing when the results of the biopsy came back inconclusive because the surrounding tissue had not been sent in. Back to the vet we went again for another surgery to cut out the tissue to be biopsied. This time Santo came home with a much bigger incision. And some drugs to keep him from being too active. Great? Not so great. The incision then became filled with fluid which required being expressed daily. Because this whole wound was now pretty large, the neck pillow wasn't enough to keep him...
