So...the healing journey continues, after a bit of a bump in the road.
Last night, after a peaceful day spent with mom and the kids (while John and I were trimming Srgt Peppers feet...DON"T ask how long that took!), Rosie was outside with me grazing a bit before she was put into her trailer for the night.
We had recently removed the front bandage on word of the vet and were going to reapply it tomorrow. So after a bit of grazing Rosie started getting agitated, I took her for a bit of a walk around the gazebo and then she looked like she wanted to roll, which is of course NOT allowed. So I kept her moving and went to her tie post, she started getting really antsy and John said it looked like she was trying to run me over. She is never like that, so I thought, she must really be itchy and needing to roll so I took a rake and started scratching her back...that didn't help she kept trying to circle me, push at me with her head. So I tied her up and stepped back out of her way and then I saw that her stitches were open!! (They must have opened as I tied her because they weren't when I was scratching her back) I gasped and then yelled at John to call the vet...he hesitated (not being able to see what I was seeing) and then I yelled again! He got going and saw the damage on the way. When i was talking to the vet and saying the stitches were open she said "not all of them, there are over 400 stitches in there--not sure if she was exaggerating or not) and I replied, well all the ones I can see are sure gone!
Anyhow, she came, she looked, she wrapped the lower part of the wound to keep the leg together a bit, she calmed us down and said due to the pressure in the leg the stitches could not hold and that now we would be treating this as an open wound. But luckily she said the inside stitches holding muscle etc. were still intact. Praise the Lord for small mercies ?! She was also very positive about the outcomes...just added time onto the prognosis. So...please pray that all goes well :) we'll be seeing her this morning to get things set up for care. Yikes.
So...
Last night, after a peaceful day spent with mom and the kids (while John and I were trimming Srgt Peppers feet...DON"T ask how long that took!), Rosie was outside with me grazing a bit before she was put into her trailer for the night.
We had recently removed the front bandage on word of the vet and were going to reapply it tomorrow. So after a bit of grazing Rosie started getting agitated, I took her for a bit of a walk around the gazebo and then she looked like she wanted to roll, which is of course NOT allowed. So I kept her moving and went to her tie post, she started getting really antsy and John said it looked like she was trying to run me over. She is never like that, so I thought, she must really be itchy and needing to roll so I took a rake and started scratching her back...that didn't help she kept trying to circle me, push at me with her head. So I tied her up and stepped back out of her way and then I saw that her stitches were open!! (They must have opened as I tied her because they weren't when I was scratching her back) I gasped and then yelled at John to call the vet...he hesitated (not being able to see what I was seeing) and then I yelled again! He got going and saw the damage on the way. When i was talking to the vet and saying the stitches were open she said "not all of them, there are over 400 stitches in there--not sure if she was exaggerating or not) and I replied, well all the ones I can see are sure gone!
Anyhow, she came, she looked, she wrapped the lower part of the wound to keep the leg together a bit, she calmed us down and said due to the pressure in the leg the stitches could not hold and that now we would be treating this as an open wound. But luckily she said the inside stitches holding muscle etc. were still intact. Praise the Lord for small mercies ?! She was also very positive about the outcomes...just added time onto the prognosis. So...please pray that all goes well :) we'll be seeing her this morning to get things set up for care. Yikes.
So...
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