His "Holey-ness"

WARNING -- This post contains photos of the holes in Master's belly where wound infections occured. They are NOT pretty. If you are prone to be squeamish, this might be a post that you simply want to skip...

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There are two open wounds on His belly. The central one is along the main surgical incision. It was the first to show up with signs of infection and was opened the first day we took Him back to the hospital. The smaller opening, off to the side, is a second infection site in one of the trocar incisions. Both exhibit "tunneling," which means that the actual wounds continue under the surface for some distance.

Right now, we are packing and dressing these openings twice a day. We are hopeful that Master will have a wound vac by Wednesday. From what we understand, the wound vac exerts negative pressure on the wounds and circulates pure oxygen into them. Both of these things help to promote much faster healing. From what the home-health nurse told us yesterday morning, it could be that, with a wound vac, these could be healed in 2-6 weeks.

Anyway, if you are into some wicked looking post-surgical complication pictures, here's the post you've been waiting for.

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