I’m a little bit lost for words today because I’m not really sure how things are going.  Last Wednesday was a really good day.  I thought we had turned a corner but on Thursday he went a bit down hill again.  Maybe he overdid the walk on Wednesday.  He was more lethargic and there was a small bleed in his wound.  We completely freaked out because the last time he had a bleed it was a serious complication.  The vet reassured us that it doesn’t look to serious, so we are back to keeping him quiet, changing his dressings and hand feeding the Fluffy Prince.

There’s a section of his stitches that is starting to look infected.  I have no idea how because he’s been taking antibiotics since the original operation and apart from cleaning, we are putting antibiotic cream on the site.   We’re scared of the skin breaking down but trying not to panic.  He’s over it and wishes we would leave him alone.

Badger looking up at me sweetly, hoping for a treat.

The one positive from Prince Badgington’s perspective is that we’re putting yoghurt on his breakfast as a probiotic to help his gut bacteria.  He doesn’t care why, just says “Keep the yoghurt coming!”

It’s now been three weeks since Badger’s original operation and we feel like we are making slow progress.  He is still sleeping a lot of the time but his appetitie is ok and he’s happier to be patted and scratched.  In the past couple of days he would go to the toilet then head straight back inside.  Today he was happy to explore a little further.

The video was taken about half way through his walk (about 100 metres).  Up until this point he was walking well but then his body started doing “the curl.”  I now think that it’s due to tiredness and possibly a bit of pain.  He was better again after a short rest.

Another day of slow recovery.  We are back to doing the daily dressing change ourselves and sending photos to the surgeon.  She is satisfied that the wound is improving and told us to keep up the good work. 🙂

Mr B still seems very tired and a bit jumpy.  Who can blame him really?  He’s had a rough couple of weeks.  Lucky for him we have the “luxury” of Covid-19, which means we are obliged to stay home, slow down and spend most of our time fussing over the boy.

Yesterday I persuaded him to hang out in the garden for a little while.  He looks happy.  I think the sunshine did us both good.

Badger soaking up the afternoon sun

It’s been a fairly slow, quiet day here. Mr B has been resting a lot but doesn’t seem to be in much pain. Just a bit uncomfortable. He’s happy to go outside for a quick toilet break then come straight back in to his bed. I’m pretty happy to follow his lead!

The only thing that’s a bit odd is that his walking seems to be getting LESS steady. He’s walking in circles a bit, seems to be having a bit of trouble going in one direction, and there have been a couple of weird times when he stood just on his front legs. Very odd.

Mr B is back home again, a bit tired and withdrawn but hopefully now on the road to recovery. He spent 3 nights in hospital and had reconstructive surgery on the original surgery site (his back right leg – hemipelvectomy). The very brief summary is that the surgeon pulled as much living skin as she could back up over the wound and stitched it together. He looks a little bit Frankendoggie down there. The site isn’t completely covered so he might need another operation, with donor skin taken from his tail. Alternatively, if the skin hardens well enough we could just leave it as the spot would most likely be hidden in his long fur. I hope so because I don’t want him to do another hospital stay!

So we’re back to sleeping in shifts, wound care, supervised walks and hand feeding of Prince Badgington.  He is also anaemic due to blood loss before and during the last surgery.  Lots of pampering required!

MrB is loaded up and ready to go home.
I am ready for a month-long nap!