Wound Won't close
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 9:36 am
HI,
I have a dog (5 months old) that I rescued 3 months ago. He cannot use his hind legs and shuffles around on his right hind quarter.
We have a wheelchair that we bought from here which is great.
We now have an ongoing problem where he had a growth on his right hind quarter. This was removed and then the area closed with stitches. He has remained a a baby playpen since this operation. Within 2 days the stitches came out and the wound repoened. I went to a local vet who stitched him back up and we then placed him back in his paypen and once again the stitches came out and the wound reopened. We took him back to the vet who said it was too late to restich him so he had an open wound that we had to irrigate regularly and spray antiseptic onto each time we cleaned it.
A few days ago a neurologist took a look at him to see if he had any feeling in his hind quarters while she was checking him out she said that would like to clean out the wound and remove some tissue that the first vet missed when he removed the growth. She removed the missed tissue and cleaned him all up and then closed him up. She put extra stitches in him in an X pattern as she was aware of my previous issues with the other vets.
Since then his wound has reopened. I am now at my wits end and he will need restitching today. This is very bad for my boy as he has been confined to the playpen/cot for a month now but it makes no difference to his healing process as we have to keep returning him to the vet.
I really need some advice on something that I can use to cover the stitches to reduce/remove the friction from them. I have tried diapers but they come off in no time and also are not very hygeinic when a wound is involved. I and seriously considering a line of duck tape over the stitches to at least reduce the friction that is tearing them out and give the wound a headstart on healing.
If you have had this sort of problem or have any ideas please let me know as this is causing my boy to have a miserable life now and if we can get over this hurdle we know he'll have a great life. Wheelchair, swimming pool, we are at home all day to care for him. We just need a 2 week healing period to get the wound properly closed over and healed.
Many Regards
Carl
I have a dog (5 months old) that I rescued 3 months ago. He cannot use his hind legs and shuffles around on his right hind quarter.
We have a wheelchair that we bought from here which is great.
We now have an ongoing problem where he had a growth on his right hind quarter. This was removed and then the area closed with stitches. He has remained a a baby playpen since this operation. Within 2 days the stitches came out and the wound repoened. I went to a local vet who stitched him back up and we then placed him back in his paypen and once again the stitches came out and the wound reopened. We took him back to the vet who said it was too late to restich him so he had an open wound that we had to irrigate regularly and spray antiseptic onto each time we cleaned it.
A few days ago a neurologist took a look at him to see if he had any feeling in his hind quarters while she was checking him out she said that would like to clean out the wound and remove some tissue that the first vet missed when he removed the growth. She removed the missed tissue and cleaned him all up and then closed him up. She put extra stitches in him in an X pattern as she was aware of my previous issues with the other vets.
Since then his wound has reopened. I am now at my wits end and he will need restitching today. This is very bad for my boy as he has been confined to the playpen/cot for a month now but it makes no difference to his healing process as we have to keep returning him to the vet.
I really need some advice on something that I can use to cover the stitches to reduce/remove the friction from them. I have tried diapers but they come off in no time and also are not very hygeinic when a wound is involved. I and seriously considering a line of duck tape over the stitches to at least reduce the friction that is tearing them out and give the wound a headstart on healing.
If you have had this sort of problem or have any ideas please let me know as this is causing my boy to have a miserable life now and if we can get over this hurdle we know he'll have a great life. Wheelchair, swimming pool, we are at home all day to care for him. We just need a 2 week healing period to get the wound properly closed over and healed.
Many Regards
Carl