The hair is finally growing in and and we had him groomed to even him out a bit, which did a wonderful job of giving him a more "normal" look. He will eventually have more hair on one side of his face, but I have a feeling it's going to be a rather dark area there. I haven't figured out how he's going to get to a place on his face that is a literal fold in the skin. I have some concern that he will have a cleaning out issue there. So will have to be sure to ask our vet. about that. We do have a hard time dealing with the issue that our regular vet. is only available on Wed. and Sat. so we have to be prayerful that we can afford to make appointments during the times she's there, or we'll have to consider going to someone else. We both do not want to do that, but we may be forced to in order to get the necessary drugs and vitamins that he takes or when dealing with something other than the usual. We'll have to discuss this with our vet. and see if she has a solution. We never did take our other dog Oreo to the old vet., so she's free to go without needing her records and maybe that is what I'll do. If I take her to a new vet then we'll establish her with someone we can use in case of an emergency.
Here's how he's looking these days...
As you can see, he has that cute smirk...
The picture above is post surgery of 4 weeks, a little over a month from the day he had surgery. There will always be some issues with his eye. They told us that it would more than likely weep a bit more than the other one, when they told us first that it would tend to be "drier". So it's pretty obvious that the entire side of his face has been compromised as far as sinus and drainage. He does ok, we have to remember to wipe his eye out and I'll have to find some gentle wipes to use. Haven't had a chance to go somewhere to find them so will today.
The picture above is the way he normally poses for me...
Sitting on the new couch on the patio and he loves it there. But of course this is the way he normally "poses": his face away from the camera because he doesn't like it. He sees the red light flash for focusing and has learned to look away immediately! Still with early morning light I love the way he looks. Looking off into the distance and a calm look on his face. I always wonder what he's thinking about. I will never know, but it probably involves his wish that I would put the camera down and leave him alone~
This picture is a side view taken four weeks post surgery and of course this is a major improvement over the original picture 3 days post surgery. He has the hair growing from the side of his nose which we hope grows longer, of course he needs his eyebrows back too~
We are so grateful for his recovery and the excellent surgical results. The inside of his mouth that I've been able to peek into when he's yawning looks pink and healthy and by now the stitches should be almost all gone. They said four to six weeks so we're pretty sure they are gone by now. He is into his second month now and we are going to start putting more distance between blogs and photos, unless there is something to think about or tell or show. It's the way of life, when in the throes of something major and disturbing you are more likely to write and pour out your heart. But when things are "normal" you tend to become complacent and happy that there isn't anything to report...that's where we are now and I'm loving it.
I can't say when I'll be back, but I have a prayer in my mind that I will conclude this blog (as long as Blogspot lets me), a long, long, long time from now. It has been said by many people and at many times that he is a miracle dog, and sometimes I have to say both my husband and I feel that too. He's a miracle in our midst. I can't put my finger on it and I can't say why we feel this way, but others have also said the same thing. Amazing because through the Grace of God he's still with us. We love you Diggie Dog, the greatest dog ever! The Mackster is back!
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