William is having a small operation - good news page 7 - lump was harmless

[MaggieR]

Sorry to hear William's recovery is being made more difficult because of this.  Its so annoying when things like this happens when all it would've taken is another 5-10 minutes to read his complete history and formulate a different strategy.... vets at times drive me nuts 

Hope William's neck heals up ok, and the actual area where they operated heals quickly for him. Send gentle squidges for your gorgeous boy 

Lisa & Maggie
xx

[fizzyntiffy]

Only just seen this. Hope William's feeling better in himself soon, bless his little furry paws  x

[BabyB]

I'd be upset too about them doing something you'd not agreed to or known about.

TBH the soreness on his neck'll be bothering him more than the op I would have thought too.
Morgan had pyoderma, so his skin would go greasy and clump the fur together, so you do have to be careful with it.

Kisses to the poorly boy 

[aliceandlouis]

Really pleased that the vets have now annotated his notes, so you can be reassured that nothing like this should happen again  

I have lost count of the number of times I have almost said something and then either forgotten to say, or felt like it was fussing or whatever, only for it to become evident that if I had said what I intended, a subsequent problem would never have arisen - and I know I feel very angry with myself for the whole matter, so I hope you are being kind to yourself Elaine.

I don't know how many vets and vet nurses work at your practice, nor how substantial William's notes are, but these factors might go some way to explain why the team operating on him yesterday may have been unaware of the previous medical history    I am so sorry that this incident has happened to William, and I guess the cautionary tale for us all is never to assume that the person treating your pet knows everything about them and their- actually that applies in our own interactions with our doctors as well - not least because they are only human  

Gentle hugs to William and I hope that Louis is being sensitive to his big brother's predicament.

[suzysu]

Aww poor lad  ..sending a gentle healing hug and hope he feels better soon x

[Countrygirl]

Poor William, hope his cream soothes his sore path and makes him feel better.  Hopefully he will soon forget he has been in hospital.

[Helen]

Poor William    Hope he perks up very soon Elaine, I have no doubt that with your care that he will 

[elaine.e]

He's become a lot more relaxed in the last few hours with no more whimpering and pacing, although every so often he suddenly gets up and trots a few paces with his tail down before trying to scratch his sore patch. But even that is now only once or twice every hour, which is a big improvement.

I bathed the area with diluted Hibiscrub, patted it dry and applied some Fuciderm immediately before feeding him at about 6.00pm. Feeding him straight afterwards distracted him from wanting to scratch immediately. Fingers crossed for a better night than last night

[Liz F]

Glad to hear William is feeling a little better. 

Its strange when you read peoples posts and look at pictures of dogs, it makes me feel I know William & Louis (im not mad really  )

Positive thoughts for results next week   

 

[lindseyp]

Sorry to hear that Williams had extra problems to recover from 
Glad to hear he's making progress though & hope it continues 

lots more 's from his sis & the girls
 

[vikki.k]

Sorry Elaine I haven't been on here recently, so didn't get to see this. Sorry to hear William has been having a tough time. Hopefully the itch will improve over night and he will be better in the morning.

Fingers crossed for good results next week 

[aliceandlouis]

Morning Elaine - hope you all had a better night last night and that William is now sufficiently settled to allow you to get off to the show with Louis 

[jann]

  Poor William, I hope he's feeling a bit better today,

I've been away for a few days so only just seen this, what a shame he's suffering when it could easily have been avoided!

sending healing thoughts

Jann Flo and Barnaby 

[Poppypuppy09]

How is William this morning Elaine? 

Poor chap having to deal with itchy sore patch as well as his Op.....vets 

Hope he is now on the road to recovery 

[tillydog]

Get well soon William 

I cant work out why they used under his neck to take bloods from .... Back in July when Lady had to have a fairly severe op, they used both front legs ... 1 to take blood from and the other for the IV drip.