I didn’t really post any update here, I went back to work and then Novak got worse, I mean, nothing really serious, but his staples, about 4-5 got off at day 7, I don’t know if it was because he always slept on his limb and that area got the most friction, maybe he lick, or… so I brought him back to work with me, we remove the loose staples and replaced them. The next morning, my boyfriend(on vacation) called me at work saying that the staples were again loose!!!! Ok, bring him to me at the clinic where we stapled him again…. then on saturday, the staples were again awfull, so I decided to remove them and put some stiches, about 4-5. After that, everything seem ok, it was holding. YAY finally… but…on day 13 seroma was leaking….so anyway, I cleaned it and waited till day 14 and at day 14, the incision looked better so we remove all the staples and stiches and it was close, just one part was a bit open, but it was the exterior, so not really opened. The vet recommanded to do hydrotherapy till it healed completly. At Day 15, it looks good!

Another problem appeared at day 6-7, Novak seem to choke on food, like something was scratching his throat, that was happening only when he was eating. I though about the tube, maybe he got irritated or something, so didnt think much about it. Then, on day 14 he spit out some white foam with blood while he was eating…he manage to re eat the whole thing and he was ok. I took a picture and show to the vet. She think he is having stomach acidity and irritated oesophagus so prescripbed anti acid and a stomach coating. We are also reducing the deramaxx and stopping the tramadol.

So now, everything seem to be under control…

Im still worried that he is sort of limping, but not really sure, maybe its just the new gait, and im not use to it. The vet checked him out and hes fine…so maybe im worrying for nothing. I contacted some physio vet to see what they can offer, but its not cheap $$ Im thinking, that buying some fitpaw equipement will be the best option and more affordable for me.

Finally, we are at day 15 and I can begin to relax a bit and begin our new life on 3. Novak is still happy, still the same boy, a bit more affectionate than before…always sleeping beside me now, and before, he slept on the floor.

On day 14, we celebrated and stay outside! I blocked the stairs and we stayed on the deck, me reading and him watching the field.

Novak is sitting weird, he sits on his right leg now, does your rear tripawd do that?

And I noticed something else, he has difficulty stopping fast while running, if he wants to stop really fast to take a ball or something, he is going a bit further then has to come back. Will he learn his new gait and be better at that? Did you notice that in your dogs?