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Dear EciniEceni said:patsy said:My darling Chrissie Ch Birkonbrae Everlastin Love had a very bad injury and my wonderful vet Jeremy put in drains, hardly a scar and no white hairs. Lovely photo of Badger
Dear Patsy, you are sweet, and it's charming when people support their vets. Doubtless when yours gets his board certification, he'll be presenting papers to the soft tissue surgeons of three continents to explain how he does it. In the meantime, TC might like to keep an eye on what looks at first glance like a dorsally sutured skin flap to make sure there's no fluid build up underneath it that would need a drain...
ms (who is an anaesthetist, so the only drain she's ever inserted in her life is in her own lurcher, who's long haired and many-coloured => she has no idea whether it scarred or not)
I'm sure TC is appreciative of your concern, however she is a former vet nurse and well qualified to staple her own dog and assess the need for a drain or not. Having seen Badger (as we took the photos) 2 days afterward, and having spent the better part of the week with him I can assure you that your concern is misplaced as the wound is healing beautifully and there is no swelling or fluid. I also would like to point out that what you can see in the photo does not show that there was enough opening left to drain if required.
While TC wouldn't remotely suggest that someone else do this to their dog, she is well qualifited to assess the situation with her own.
Now back to our regular scheduled programming
Wendy
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