I called and spoke with the Vet’s office in Ft. Wayne. Ruby is doing alright. She was a little nervous at first and wouldn’t eat, but now she has come around to being her happy self again. They haven’t checked her thoroughly yet, but are checking her later today. Dr. S is out of town until Thursday. I explained to them what happened last week with the pulling of fluid as hemorrhage. She said that the mass does seem to bother her when they touch it. We discussed the lump on her back in between her shoulder blades, they are going to look at that better today also. Part of me wants to drive there today to just pick her up and bring her home, but I have to keep stopping myself. The tech said that the tiny hole on the incision was leaking a little still and this is why I can not just go get her. She needs that corrected. I won’t be able to talk to Dr. S until Thursday which so happens to be my day off. I will most likely drive there to discuss Ruby in person and not over the phone. Hopefully by then I will know more about what is going to happen. Worse case scenario… I will bring her home to live out her days until she is no longer participating in life activities and then end her suffering. Ruby is strong though and I don’t see her giving up anytime soon. Thru this entire process she has never shown us that she suffers. She just wants to be a dog and do her job of protecting the pack. I miss her terribly and think of her constantly. It has got to get better for her. Somehow someway, better.
I see you have your other blog up too with more update.
Is is possible to go pick her up tonight or tomorrow and then bring her back Thursday?
That may be too much driving while trying to work, etc. Im sure you’ve already thought about it! 🙂
Beside, what are they doing for the “leak” that you couldn’t do at home for the next couple of days? Is there another Vet there who can check in her? Is the Vet Tech the only one seeing her at this point and trying to “diagnose” her and treat her???
Didn’t the “leak” start when she nipped at her incision last week?? And we now know she was biting at it because there was a staple left in!!! UGH!!
I will say this, when you took her back recently for that yelping all of the sudden that she was doing,……And I shouldn’t say this…..but it sure seems lkie it was CLEAR that the one left in staple was the cause. It just seems that should have been discovered then!!
GOOD NEWS THOUGH!!!! Looks like the lump on her shoulder is just a cyst!!! 🙂 🙂 So maybe that’s a sign that things ARE getting better!!! 🙂
Glad she said Ruby settled in and did eventually eat. Give us an update tomorrow when you check in on ner, okay?
Sending lots of hugs
Sally and Alumni Happy Hannah and Merry Myrtle and Frankie too!
I also think it’s odd they are keeping her for that small bit of drainage, but since you already have her there it’s probably best to wait to bring her home until you pick her up on Wednesday, as long as the vet isn’t charging. Keep us posted OK? We are all thinking of you and your beautiful girl.