Halas Removed His Stitches! ER Thinks No Big Deal? (really gross photo)

[Leslie and Halas]

Halas wears his cone of shame when I'm at work.  I was home for a long lunch today, just to give him a break from his cone.  I put it back on before I left, and went back to work.  I got home about 30 minutes ago to this:

The stitches are gone from this one on his left side, and the one on his right hip.  The right hip is pretty much closed up, so I'm not too worried about that one.  But, as you can see, this one is an open wound.  And it's deep.  My vet had closed about 15 minutes before I got home, so I called the ER vet.  They said it should be fine for tonight, since the surgery was 5 days ago, but I should get him to his regular vet first thing tomorrow.  I will definitely do that tomorrow as soon as they open, but what about tonight?  I don't see how this big, open wound is going to be ok overnight.  Maybe they are assuming that it's mostly closed up, but I tried to explain that this one WAS NOT closed up.  I even said I could email a picture of it to them.  Is this really something that looks like it will be ok overnight?!  I asked if I should at least put Polysporin and a bandage over it, but they said no.  WTD?!

And he did still have his cone on when I got home, which means he did all of this between 12:30 - 5:45 today while working around his cone.  And based on the fact that the other side is practically closed up, I think he's been messing with this one on his left side at other times, too, when I've been at work.  The one on his groin still has stitches, and doesn't look like he's bothered it, so at least the cone worked for that one.

This is grossing me out, and I'm really worried about it being OK overnight.  Any advice?  Call the ER vet back and explain it again? Put some Polysporin and a big bandage over it?  Leave it alone?

[Sherri, Sophie, Winston, & Kitty]

Oh no, I'm sorry. I hope everything is ok. I have no advice, just to say, when in doubt, head to the vet.

I'm so out of touch I didn't even know he had surgery. I hope it wasn't anything serious!

[Leslie and Halas]

He had some fatty tumors removed.  They were healing very nicely until this.

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Sounds like you have everything under control and I hope Halas gets all fixed up in the morning.

[Camilla and Darwin]

Eek! Great responses already just wanted to say I hope you get it all figured out and that silly Halas will be able to let those wounds heal. :-)

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

This is what our foster did - only WITH the cone on - and the first time was IN the vet's office right after surgery (note that I said first time).  His incision got restitched, ended up getting infected, and took forever to heal all his fault. Poor guy.

I am sending non-itchy thoughts to Halas,

[Leslie and Halas]

Halas did all this with his cone on, too.

[Leslie and Halas]

I've attached a picture of his bedtime outfit for tonight. He looks excited, don't you think?

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Oh my! I'd make sure Halas doesn't have access to any pillows tonight, Les, cause if looks could kill, I know one Warrior Princess Accountant who might be at risk of suffocation. 

[Leslie and Halas]

He's spent the last 2 nights trying to decapitate me with his cone. He has practically slept on top of me, and hit me with his cone every time he's moved during the night. But tonight, he's a little further away, so he probably is mad. I'll remove all extra pillows.

[Bonnie and Kona]

Danger Zone!

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

ROTFL....I hope Leslie is alive this morning :)

[Leslie and Halas]

I survived!  I think he felt too miserable to make the effort to smother or decapitate me.