For at least the last year or so, Autumn has had an infection of some sort on her underside. We had been treating it with bandages, antibiotic creams, peroxide, etc. It would go away for a few weeks, then come back again, which would start the whole treatment cycle again. Without getting into too many gory details, she had to wear old t-shirts of mine to keep the areas where she would lay down clean. During these times, her temperature rose and she was very uncomfortable; made even more so during the summer by the lack of air conditioning in our bedroom.
When the area got so bad that our treatments stopped working, we sought a more permanent solution and considered surgery. The vet prescribed antibiotics which cleared the area up quite nicely in about a week. A biopsy ruled out cancer, so a routine surgery was scheduled.
The part of me that is a dog owner had a rough night knowing that Autumn was away from home in a strange place for the first time since we got her. At one point, I almost walked down to the vet’s office to see if the sitter would let me see her.
She was a bit groggy the next day and we had to keep her away from everyone else in the house so that she could recover in peace. After another week, the sutures were removed and she is just now starting to get up and walk around without too much difficulty.
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