3 Weeks!

Its been 3 weeks since Sheba’s amputation!  She’s been getting along quite well, but we’re still on a lot of meds to keep her mellow.  Unfortunately, yesterday her incision split open about 1.5″ and we had to take her to the emergency clinic.  We saw the same vet who was on duty when she spent the night after surgery.  The doctor said it looked like Sheba had a seroma that burst.  After 1 staple attempt the vet realized that would be too traumatic for the amount of staples so we gave her the OK to sedate and stitch it back up.  So now we’re back to the cone and on antibiotics.  She’s pissed about it too, showed Ruth that she can take the cone of if she wants too.  GSD teenager in revolt!

Author: sheba2011

5/23/16 Sheba went in for TPLO of the right leg (left had been done year prior). Initial tests were inconclusive suggesting fungal or cancer. 6/22/16 fine needle aspirate in conjunction with review from specialist resulted in diagnosis of osteomyelitis of fungal origin. Organism could not be ID'd. Amputation 6/30/16, bone sent to pathology for identification and susceptibility. Final diagnosis: systemic Aspergilosis Current treatment: Itraconazole and terbinafine

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