Night Crawler
07-06-2008, 11:48 AM
Sigh. Ok, I'm a bit fed up at the moment. I have spent most of the day trying to find a way to keep some kind of covering over the drain from Keiko's surgery as it is doing it's job. Stuff is draining out! They can't figure out how to make a bandage stick as is near her rump, off to the side, hovering just above her left haunch. They suggest old boxer shorts or an upside down t-shirt with legs through arm hole. Home I go, raid hubby's ratty work clothes, try that but the tail won't fit comfortable through neck hole. Step 2, chop tail hole. Step 3, find a way to make bottom of t-shirt stick snug around tummy. Tried tying it there. Fine, if she would hold stock still and not breath or wag. Problem. She's a LAB. Labs never stop wiggling or wagging.
Sigh. So, then I take her to our local McGill & Arm physical aide pharmacy, chat with some nice people who suggest adult diapers with tabs to size to fit around tummy. They give me a sample and scissors to cut tail hole, and so I try that but cannot get the plastic covering off the tabs. No less than two staff also try and no one can get them off, one of whom is an old hand at changing kids diapers. Sigh. (And they sell these to feeble, senile old people????) So then offer me a sample pull-on Tena one. Cut tail, put on, ten seconds later it's wiggled off. Try smaller size and this one lasts a whole half hour before being wiggled off. Sigh. Took her home, tried using some medical tape and guaze. Will not stick to skin. Give up. Go ahead, bleed all over my floors. It's that or sedate her into a coma for week until drain is out and hole healed. But then.... :headh:
Thoroughly frustrated, I pull out the laptop, park dog on her bed and foolishly think she's sound asleep as I hear not a sound out of her. Her bed is beside ours, but about 3 feet below the surface of ours, so as I heard nothing, I assumed nothing was up. Then in walks hubby from work. She gets up and gives him her usual hyper, wiggly welcome. I spot the drain, it's been partly yanked out! Should have known...She was TOO quiet!!!! This is not my first lab and not her first surgery, so I really should've known better! Anyway, I get a really bright idea and figure I just finish the job and pull it the rest of the way. Duhhh, it's sutured in place. Sigh. Call vet. Bring her right in they say. So they look at it, I confess my stupidity about trusting her and trying to finish what she started, then they take her in back to try and fix it. A while later they bring her out and drain is gone. Now I'm firmly told to keep radar dish on at all times, keep hole clean and open, and not trust a lab to leave her sutures and drain hole alone. Sigh. :headh:
Then we come home and hubby thinks, because he's a man, that he can outsmart this problem. So the 2nd time, I log on and try to type this post. First round was interrupted with quick trip to vet. Since logging on this time, I've been asked to come hold the dog several times while he attempts first to wrap gauze around tail, haunches and tummy, then he tries to tie one of the people diapers to her collar (seriously, he did!), now's busy chopping up some of long johns to see if they will work! Oh God, now I can hear him rooting around in the bathroom for some other accessory to try.
To top all this off, I just hit the submit button and discovered I had become disconnected from the site while typing this! Please someone tell me these things don't happen just to me! LMAO
Sigh. So, then I take her to our local McGill & Arm physical aide pharmacy, chat with some nice people who suggest adult diapers with tabs to size to fit around tummy. They give me a sample and scissors to cut tail hole, and so I try that but cannot get the plastic covering off the tabs. No less than two staff also try and no one can get them off, one of whom is an old hand at changing kids diapers. Sigh. (And they sell these to feeble, senile old people????) So then offer me a sample pull-on Tena one. Cut tail, put on, ten seconds later it's wiggled off. Try smaller size and this one lasts a whole half hour before being wiggled off. Sigh. Took her home, tried using some medical tape and guaze. Will not stick to skin. Give up. Go ahead, bleed all over my floors. It's that or sedate her into a coma for week until drain is out and hole healed. But then.... :headh:
Thoroughly frustrated, I pull out the laptop, park dog on her bed and foolishly think she's sound asleep as I hear not a sound out of her. Her bed is beside ours, but about 3 feet below the surface of ours, so as I heard nothing, I assumed nothing was up. Then in walks hubby from work. She gets up and gives him her usual hyper, wiggly welcome. I spot the drain, it's been partly yanked out! Should have known...She was TOO quiet!!!! This is not my first lab and not her first surgery, so I really should've known better! Anyway, I get a really bright idea and figure I just finish the job and pull it the rest of the way. Duhhh, it's sutured in place. Sigh. Call vet. Bring her right in they say. So they look at it, I confess my stupidity about trusting her and trying to finish what she started, then they take her in back to try and fix it. A while later they bring her out and drain is gone. Now I'm firmly told to keep radar dish on at all times, keep hole clean and open, and not trust a lab to leave her sutures and drain hole alone. Sigh. :headh:
Then we come home and hubby thinks, because he's a man, that he can outsmart this problem. So the 2nd time, I log on and try to type this post. First round was interrupted with quick trip to vet. Since logging on this time, I've been asked to come hold the dog several times while he attempts first to wrap gauze around tail, haunches and tummy, then he tries to tie one of the people diapers to her collar (seriously, he did!), now's busy chopping up some of long johns to see if they will work! Oh God, now I can hear him rooting around in the bathroom for some other accessory to try.
To top all this off, I just hit the submit button and discovered I had become disconnected from the site while typing this! Please someone tell me these things don't happen just to me! LMAO