Cooper got his stitches out

Yesterday was the big day for Cooper getting his stitches out! It went pretty good. He was able to get in and out of my vehicle without assistance . The girls at the vet were great , they had to soak a few of the stitches to get them, and they cleaned up and lightly scrubbed away alot of the dried blood. There is one little flap that did not close on the top of the skin, it’s closed underneath, they considered putting a stich in there, but decided not to. It is in front , where the two incision lines meet. Hoping that closes over in the next few days. I have decided to keep him wearing his bandages for the next week , just to prevent infection and to keep him from chewing and licking. He wants to lick it all so bad! They said his incision is healing great.

Behaviour wise he is back to himself, he got in my daughters bed a few nights ago, first time since surgery. To my horror , he jumped up on the trampoline two nights ago, I try to tell him he has got to go easy on the one front paw he has left. He is doing the bigger stairs again, 9 stairs, he is very cautious going down, and coming back up is easy for him. He only used three paws coming up before the surgery. And last night , after the stitches were out, he was. Back to playing , ear chewing , and played with a toy for a bit. He still sleeps a lot, don’t get up when I do most days, but he was like that before surgery too. A couple of mornings ago, I had to take the kids to swimming lessons, and he would not get out of bed to go outside. I actually had to bring the cone to him and put it on in bed. I still will use the cone for a few days when I go out, I hate to do it , but don’t want to come home to a bad ssurprised cant believe he came home two weeks ago, and all we have gone thru. Summer is flying by a little to fast. I’m hoping I can start leaving him home for longer periods of time, so I can take the kids out to do some fun things and enjoy there summer. They have been great in loving him and being gentle. My son loved to wrestle him before the surgery, and he knows to be more gentle now. They are always telling Cooper that he is their best friend and how cute he with three legs.