Doggie diary: The story of Rosie and Sophie Rosie’s trip to the vet

I posted from my mobile phone yesterday as I waited with Rosie at the vet because her stitches had come apart. She had been spayed last week and developed some swelling of the abdominal area under the stitches.

We called the vet and he told us it was fairly normal in female dogs, but that we had to keep them quiet to allow the healing to complete itself. The swelling was a fluid pocket that would eventually go away as the fluid was reabsorbed.

That didn’t happen, however. Without going into the gory details, the fluid leaked from the incision, which apparently opened slightly. I called the vet and they told me to come in, which I did.

The upshot was that she’s OK — nothing to worry about — and the vet resealed the incision with some wound glue and Rosie is none the worse for wear. She’s still tumbling and wrestling with her sister, something we apparently are powerless to stop. So we have to keep an eye one her.

But all is well in the Kalet kennel.

Author: hankkalet

Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet