Prince Vince

Today is just over one week since Vinny’s amputation. He is still doing well. He is doing all his eating, drinking and elimination functions properly and getting around well.

He’s been off the tramadol for two days, and I’m not sure if I am imagining it, but he seems a little “blah”. Hard to explain, really. Just a bit off from his usual self, or even the way he was a few days ago. He is also moving a bit slower than a few days ago. He is not hiding away from us at all, and he is eating and drinking fine, so these are positive signs. He is still on Metacam for another three weeks, so he has some pain relief there, but I’m not sure if he still needs a couple more days of tramadol. I may be just being a bit paranoid. It is probably just the normal ebb and flow of a major surgery recovery. I left a message with Vinny’s doctor tonight, so we’ll see what they say tomorrow.

He hasn’t gotten up into his favourite chair yet, but he started getting up on the couch yesterday, and several times today. Partially jumping, partially pulling himself up with his claws, haha. Whatever works! 🙂

His incision site has healed magnificently. It’s totally clean, the skin is his normal colour, and it’s perfectly scabbed a tiny bit in the centre. He doesn’t mind when I touch it at all, and he lies on that side all the time now. One end of his sutures came kind of loose somehow, and there wasn’t enough threading for me to tie a knot, so I had to use a tiny piece of duct tape to get it from unthreading itself. It works perfectly. It’s not duct taped to his skin or fur, but just stuck to the end of the nylon thread, instead of a knot. And it’s fluorescent pink – haha! That’s the tiny bright pink part you can see in a couple of the photos below.

I think he is getting annoyed by the e-collar, so I do take it off him when I am able to keep an eye on him. But he is still really keen on licking the incision area and I don’t want him to mess around there, since it’s doing so well.

We are still waiting to hear about the surgical margins on the amputated leg; hopefully we will hear something on Monday. And we have an appointment with the oncologist for next Wednesday. He will have his sutures out, and a consultation about the next treatment options. He may also have a first chemo treatment that day too.

 

 

 

 

*** UPDATE ***

Late last night, after I wrote this post, he got up into his favourite chair unassisted and without a stool! 😀 Yay Vinny! I also put my bed back to its normal height last night and he was able to get up there himself this morning too. 🙂 <3 <3