[Vinniedoggy]

Quick update on Karmen - I wanted to post this in case someone else has this issue in the future and needs some advice. Despite missing a large section of skin on her rump/hip (it's about 5 inches by 5 inches wide) she is doing surprisingly well! She had a great holiday at home with our family. Despite being 15 and having an injury that I would think should hurt or at least be uncomfortable, she is eating like a champ and even wanting to go for long walks. She is all bandaged up at the moment and goes back to the vet tomorrow (Monday) for more treatment.

The vets were cautiously optimistic that her wound will in fact heal. They are continuing to do the honey and sugar treatments, followed by some lasering and debreeding of the dead tissue. The vets told me that the dying of skin appears to have stopped and there is evidence of regrowth. They also noted that all her tissue appears healthy. The true test will be tomorrow, as it's been a couple of days since she has been at the vet. But we are really, really hoping that she makes it through this. Despite being 15, she has quite a bit of spunk still and just doesn't seem like she's at the end of her life quite yet.

So we are still keeping all our fingers and toes crossed. I didn't realize until this happened just how lucky we were to have such awesome vet care right in our neighborhood. Our vets have been very proactive and really willing to try non-surgical interventions.

I will post updates as we have them.