Kebo Is Finally Home. 3 Weeks Postop And Looking Good.

[Guest IrskasMom]

Kebo

[Tallgreydogmom]

"He sounds like Darth Vader when he breathes."

 

The better to LOVE. Think of him as a Chinese Shar Pei, they breath that way also. Our Shar Pei snored so loud he would wake my husband up.

[fourofem]

WOW!!! I think he looks awesome after the surgery he went through. Will he always have the snaggles or is that just the swelling or healing process? It never ceases to amaze me what these vets can do. Nothing but good wishes for a speedy recovery and if snags are the result, he'll be an even better looking boy for it!!!!

 

 

[lovinggreysslp]

I am so glad Kebo is home. Boy he does look much better than I thought he would look so soon after surgery.

[Guest FreddyGirl]

Poor baby, glad he is home. Speedy recovery and keep us posted

[Guest greytkidsmom]

Will he always have the snaggles or is that just the swelling or healing process?

 

He will always have the snaggles. Once the swelling goes down, we will have to watch to see if they rub the outside of his muzzle. (They actually had one of the dentists look at him before he left.) If they rub too badly, he will have to go see the dentist about something to either file them down or remove them.

 

The funny thing (sort of) is that we have one dog with a big overbite so now with Kebo's underbite we have a matched pair

 

He is eating and drinking like a champ. He has emptied his bowl at every meal and taking all of his medicines. He even tolerates the warm compresses well. He hasn't shown any signs of stress colitis like he had after the first surgery. I hope the rest of his recovery continues to be so smooth. We live 2 blocks from our church so we walked him over this morning for a blessing just to cover all of the bases

 

The other interesting thing is that Tiel has stopped sniffing his mouth. She has been obsessed with sniffing his mouth for months. They say that some dogs can smell cancer. DH and I wonder if that was what she had been smelling. Of course, it could just be coincidence but we hope that it means they got it all out.

Edited April 11, 2011 by greytkidsmom

[fourofem]

Will he always have the snaggles or is that just the swelling or healing process?

 

He will always have the snaggles. Once the swelling goes down, we will have to watch to see if they rub the outside of his muzzle. (They actually had one of the dentists look at him before he left.) If they rub too badly, he will have to go see the dentist about something to either file them down or remove them.

 

The funny thing (sort of) is that we have one dog with a big overbite so now with Kebo's underbite we have a matched pair

 

Hopefully he'll adjust to the snaggles without any adjustments....Kevin was born with his so I don't know too much about the newly acquired ones. If you are anything like me, you will learn to love that look....I can't look at Kevin without smiling.

[Guest lynne893]

lots of hugs to you and sweet kebo!!!!

:wub:

[NancyB]

Sending hugs to Kebo, I hope he heals quickly.

[Patsy]

I think we've all come up with very tactful and interesting ways to say the same thing--wow; not as bad as I was afraid he'd look! Kebo, sweetie, you look wonderful. Keep up that eating and healing.

[carronstar]

It looks painful but very well done. Poor guy looks so happy to be home on his couch. Lots of scritches and prayers for a swift and uneventful healing. The snaggle is cute.

[tbhounds]

Just wondering how Kebo is feeling. Did you get the path report back yet???

[Guest greytkidsmom]

His handsomeness on postoperative day 10...

 

Kebo is feeling pretty good I think. His nose is looking more and more like, well, a nose.

He continues to be insulted by the e-collar but he swats at his nose when he gets it off.

He eats all of his food and his poops are back to normal.

 

I called yesterday about his path because I hadn't heard and they called me back with the most cryptic report. It might have been the ambien I had taken and was asleep (working nights) but she said it might be fibrosarcoma but it might be something else benign and that it is going to take another week to determine if they got margins.

 

We get his stitches out tomorrow and I had NC State fax the report to my vet so we could read it and maybe make some sense out of it.

[Rickiesmom]

Awwww, he looks stoned but content. Normally I'd ask you to kiss his sweet nose for me, but under the circumstances, maybe the top of his head would be better.

[Patsy]

Way to go, sweetie--you're looking great!

[EllenEveBaz]

Sending good thoughts to his handsome self.

[mychip1]

Hugs to Kebo!

[Batmom]

He looks fabulous, and so glad to hear he is feeling well! Hope that path report comes back "nothing to worry about here."

[Guest vahoundlover]

Oh Laura, he looks fabulous!!!

[Guest greytkidsmom]

Stitches out today - yay!

 

He still has to wear the "cone of shame" as the incision continues to heal.

 

The pathology report is only the soft tissue, not the bone. The bone report will take another week. It is the bone report that will tell if they got wide margins. However, the soft tissue report has a lot of words but most importantly "no obvious signs of neoplasia." That means they don't see any cancer cells in the soft tissue. The vet said she sees this a lot when she has to repeat a resection and it is a good thing. I agree. Just have to wait for one more report...

 

Unfortunately, our vet just told us she was moving We will see another vet in the same practice who has seen each of the dogs a couple of times for semi-urgent issues. She is super smart and really nice so we should be in good hands. Our vet does not seem happy about the move so I don't think we've seen the end of her...

 

Will post more pictures over the weekend when I have a little more time.

[greytpups]

He looks wonderful!

[sweetdogs]

Well that sounds great so far. Keep up the good work you gorgeous hunk of dog.

[4greyhounds]

Poor Baby, It looks like it is very painful. Many Many prayers for a quick recovery.... And gentle hugs and kisses too...

[robinw]

He looks great!

[gracegirl]

Looking forward to more updates as he heals.