Graham took her to the vets who checked that the stitches and knee cap were all still keeping the knee in place (they are). It would appear that she has picked up an infection in the wound and is now on antibiotics and they did not take the stitches out yesterday as planned. Today is check up day to see how the antibiotics are working, so hopefully that will be good news.
The big problem is that between the two stitches on the bendiest point of the knee the wound is refusing to close up and looks quite nasty. This is where the knee fluid is leaking from. It starts to heal up and then Tara squats to pee, gets up to eat etc and we have a sudden gush of fluid (mainly clear with a bit of blood in sometimes). I think that it is also happening when she is asleep as I keep finding damp patches on her quilt as well. It is winding poor Tara up something chronic and I am so worried about her. I hate to see her hopping around refusing to use the leg when we had seen such great progress before. She also seems constantly restless and won't settle, which is winding herself and us up as well.
She is also quite stressed by the fact that it gets in her fur (mainly on her side) and is constantly trying to clean it off. Tara loves to be clean and hasn't been able to get in the bath since her first operation. If I see it leaking I get a hankie and catch the fluid under the wound but I am not around all the time. We are also brushing her every day but that doesn't really get rid of the small.
Now we also have a missing cat. Cisco did not come in on Sunday night but he does sometimes choose to spend the night out but then is always waiting to come in first thing in the morning. In the morning he was no where to be seen and Graham had a search around but found no sign of him. The neighbours saw him at 11:30 on Sunday night but he has not been seen since so we are very worried about him.
I am finding it hard at the moment to keep things together as I have so many things to do and too much stress.
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