***WARNING!!***
More Bloody Details
and Wound Photos!
I'm happy to report that Ben's wound is healing nicely although after Tuesday's episode I was a bit worried. Tuesday afternoon while I was cleaning Ben's wound it didn't seem to be making much progress since the skin flap was impeding the healing process, so I decided it need to be removed. I washed up a pair of scissors and cut it off. It took a little longer that I thought since I was a little nervous about it and I knew it was hurting Ben, but in order to help it heal it had to be done. After it was removed a little vessels was squirting all over the place and the only thing I had close to blot it with was a white towel. Big mistake! By the end of the event it was stained red and so gross looking I had to just throw it away. Actually it wouldn't have been that horrible had all of this not happened in the middle of the wind storm we were having. The power went out just as I was cold hosing his leg and I didn't even realize it until the water stopped coming out of the hose. Ooops! I ran the well reserve dry! So that meant all of the blood that dripped on the driveway I had to clean up with the towel as well. Ick!
In order to stop the bleeding I had to wrap his foot with cotton, rolled gauze and vet wrap. I was very proud Wednesday morning to find the wrap still on his foot. Since I had to leave Wednesday I wrapped it again and wasn't able to check on it until the next day. The second wrap didn't hold up as well as the first and so I decided that since I wasn't house-sitting anymore that I'd do away with the wraps and just check on it at least every other day to clean and care for it.
These photos were taken 3 days after I cut off the skin flap and it had a chance to heal. Today (Friday) the wound looked really good. I could see the edges started to come together and even though the area was still warm and swollen it's making progress. Here's hoping it'll be all better in a couple of weeks!
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