Day Two Post-Op

Day two is a sleepy day for mr. max. He was a bit of a bad boy last night, and managed to get his cone off of his head and pulled out one stitch. R woke me up to have me look at him. It wasn't gaping so we decided to just keep an eye on him through the day.

So far that's been an easy task. I took the day off to make sure he wasn't left alone. Though, other than the peace of mind, it doesn't seem to have been terribly necessary. But it is worth the peace of mind for all of us.

After R got home, I was able to get out to a local pet store and found Max this:

It's a soft version of the Elizabethan collar so that he can eat while still leaving it on. It has a velcro closure and hooks into his regular collar. I'm hoping that's the biggest part of his issue with leaving it on. We'll see.

Isn't he cute? Well he's pissy, that's for sure...

Every time we've taken his collar off he's gone right for his stitches except for the one time we were able to distract him with some yummy wet food.

I imagine the stitches are very itchy, and I really hope that chills out soon. This picture shows just how much hair he had and doesn't have any more.

Poor little Purl is feeling pretty neglected, but because of the stairs we have to shuttle her back and forth. Every so often we put her downstairs since we don't want her to use Max's tiny kitty box and we can't leave the door open or Max would try to go down the stairs.