I'd like to give another update on Emmett.
When he was on antibiotics it looked as if his infection had cleared up. The split in the stitches still looked awful, but the vet assured me it was fine. Well, after it started to heal I noticed that a lot of scar tissue, ugly scar tissue healed where the split was. I thought this was normal. Well, yesterday (over a month later) I noticed a small red splotch on the scar tissue, and today Emmett was licking himself down there a lot. I turned him over to look and it his flesh around the scar tissue looks moist, and there is a red spot the size of a pencil eraser.
What can I do? Do you think I should demand another free after surgery check up? I literally have 30$ left in my bank account, and I used up all of my savings to get Emmett his surgery. I'm so upset and angry. I didnt really want to have him neutered in the first place and its been nothing but a horror story. Has anyone else heard of such a thing happening??? Is a lot of scar tissue normal after a neuter on a four year old? I know this redness is not normal. Do you think it is an infection or something else?
Also, should I be irritated with my vet? I was reading on the web and head that if the neuter gets infected and the stitches split they usually have to do another surgery to clean it and prevent scar tissue. My vet never even brought this up to me. Please help me yorkietalk. |