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VOT sVent about vets.. help??
Dear Max, the dachsie, had surgery on his back two weeks ago today. He
had a bunch of stitches, covered with some sort of glue, on his back. He was scheduled to have the stitches removed today ( two weeks later). I called the vet's office on Thursday to confirm that they would be around today, and was told that they would be there until noon. I told her I should be there prior to 11am. We showed up, and the office was closed. Really ****ed off, we are. I think we could remove the stitches, IF we knew what goop (glue-like) they put on them in the first place. Does anyone have help here?? We do plan to change the Vet for various reasons; Gillian |
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VOT sVent about vets.. help??
Gill Murray wrote:
Dear Max, the dachsie, had surgery on his back two weeks ago today. He had a bunch of stitches, covered with some sort of glue, on his back. He was scheduled to have the stitches removed today ( two weeks later). I called the vet's office on Thursday to confirm that they would be around today, and was told that they would be there until noon. I told her I should be there prior to 11am. We showed up, and the office was closed. Really ****ed off, we are. I think we could remove the stitches, IF we knew what goop (glue-like) they put on them in the first place. Does anyone have help here?? We do plan to change the Vet for various reasons; Good. Idiots. Well, their staff, anyway. I wish I knew what to tell you. But I'm ****ed for you, if that helps any. I'd be beyond furious in your place. I hope Max is doing alright. Prolly won't hurt him to wait until Weds to have the stitches out, but still. Grrrrrr. Elizabeth (and Cash and Harry) -- *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~living well is the best revenge~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* The most important thing one woman can do for another is to illuminate and expand her sense of actual possibilities. --Adrienne Rich *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* |
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Gill Murray wrote:
I think we could remove the stitches, IF we knew what goop (glue-like) they put on them in the first place. Does anyone have help here?? Medical personnel are increasingly using SuperGlue (methyl methacrylate) to close minor wounds, and vets use it to close spay incisions, so maybe that's it. -- Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your work with excellence. |
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Great info......how do you soften it to remove the stitches???
Gill Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply wrote: Gill Murray wrote: I think we could remove the stitches, IF we knew what goop (glue-like) they put on them in the first place. Does anyone have help here?? Medical personnel are increasingly using SuperGlue (methyl methacrylate) to close minor wounds, and vets use it to close spay incisions, so maybe that's it. |
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Gill Murray wrote:
Great info......how do you soften it to remove the stitches??? Nail polish remover works on SuperGlue, but I don't think I'd use it on an incision. -- Karen C - California Editor/Proofreader www.IntlProofingConsortium.com Finished 12/25/07 -- several scarves for kids in Kosovo WIP: Sesame Street group picture, MLI The Teacher (gift to the library), Bethany Angel, Flowers of Hawaii (Jeanette Crews) for ME!!! Retrieved from UFO pile: Marbek's Snow Angel www.CFSfacts.org where we give you the facts and dispel the myths Myths, with research cites: http://www.aacfs.org/images/pdfs/myths.pdf |
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VOT sVent about vets.. help??
"Karen C in California" wrote in message ... Gill Murray wrote: Great info......how do you soften it to remove the stitches??? Nail polish remover works on SuperGlue, but I don't think I'd use it on an incision. -- Karen C - California Editor/Proofreader www.IntlProofingConsortium.com They used glue to close the incision when Puff was neutered but never removed the stitches. They just dissolved over time. Lucille |
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OT Surgical Glue VOT sVent about vets.. help??
"lucretia borgia" wrote in message
... On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:35:24 -0800, Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply opined: Gill Murray wrote: I think we could remove the stitches, IF we knew what goop (glue-like) they put on them in the first place. Does anyone have help here?? Medical personnel are increasingly using SuperGlue (methyl methacrylate) to close minor wounds, and vets use it to close spay incisions, so maybe that's it. If it is, it will peel away rather like sunburnt skin. What vets use is a surgical glue - but that is used inside the incision to help hold it together a bit more than normal incision for less scarring when healing. Surgical glue is absorbed by the body during healing, as are 'silk' sutures. Here, when male cats are neutered (and probably dogs, or at least the smaller ones), no sutures are used at all, only the surgical glue. Sounds like what your vet used outside the incision was a 'surgical skin' (marketed to the general public by Band-Aid as Liquid Bandage http://www.jnj.com/innovations/new_f...id_Bandage.htm) to help keep the incision area clean (therefore less risk of infection). This is probably peelable, as one poster suggested, but I would do a search on it before attempting it. Or just wait a few more days, as there is usually no harm to the patient in sutures stay in a few more days longer. -- -- The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep |
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OT Surgical Glue VOT sVent about vets.. help??
Magic Mood Jeep wrote: "lucretia borgia" wrote in message ... On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:35:24 -0800, Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply opined: Gill Murray wrote: I think we could remove the stitches, IF we knew what goop (glue-like) they put on them in the first place. Does anyone have help here?? Medical personnel are increasingly using SuperGlue (methyl methacrylate) to close minor wounds, and vets use it to close spay incisions, so maybe that's it. If it is, it will peel away rather like sunburnt skin. What vets use is a surgical glue - but that is used inside the incision to help hold it together a bit more than normal incision for less scarring when healing. Surgical glue is absorbed by the body during healing, as are 'silk' sutures. Here, when male cats are neutered (and probably dogs, or at least the smaller ones), no sutures are used at all, only the surgical glue. Sounds like what your vet used outside the incision was a 'surgical skin' (marketed to the general public by Band-Aid as Liquid Bandage http://www.jnj.com/innovations/new_f...id_Bandage.htm) to help keep the incision area clean (therefore less risk of infection). This is probably peelable, as one poster suggested, but I would do a search on it before attempting it. Or just wait a few more days, as there is usually no harm to the patient in sutures stay in a few more days longer. OK, thanks for the info. I can see about 4 real stitches, and he had a lot of bright yellow stuff on him when we picked him up. There is only a little of that left, but the area does feel really "hard". We have used this vet for years, but I think we will change to one nearer to the house. Neither of us like him very well, but he has had two super junior partners over the years. They have both moved on to greener pastures ( particularly one, who is now a big animal vet). Gill |
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OT Surgical Glue VOT sVent about vets.. help??
Gill Murray wrote:
Magic Mood Jeep wrote: "lucretia borgia" wrote in message ... On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:35:24 -0800, Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply opined: Gill Murray wrote: I think we could remove the stitches, IF we knew what goop (glue-like) they put on them in the first place. Does anyone have help here?? Medical personnel are increasingly using SuperGlue (methyl methacrylate) to close minor wounds, and vets use it to close spay incisions, so maybe that's it. If it is, it will peel away rather like sunburnt skin. What vets use is a surgical glue - but that is used inside the incision to help hold it together a bit more than normal incision for less scarring when healing. Surgical glue is absorbed by the body during healing, as are 'silk' sutures. Here, when male cats are neutered (and probably dogs, or at least the smaller ones), no sutures are used at all, only the surgical glue. Sounds like what your vet used outside the incision was a 'surgical skin' (marketed to the general public by Band-Aid as Liquid Bandage http://www.jnj.com/innovations/new_f...id_Bandage.htm) to help keep the incision area clean (therefore less risk of infection). This is probably peelable, as one poster suggested, but I would do a search on it before attempting it. Or just wait a few more days, as there is usually no harm to the patient in sutures stay in a few more days longer. OK, thanks for the info. I can see about 4 real stitches, and he had a lot of bright yellow stuff on him when we picked him up. There is only a little of that left, but the area does feel really "hard". We have used this vet for years, but I think we will change to one nearer to the house. Neither of us like him very well, but he has had two super junior partners over the years. They have both moved on to greener pastures ( particularly one, who is now a big animal vet). Is the other junior partner available somewhere nearby? That's how I found my current vet. He left the practice that I was taking my dogs to and when I got sick of their mistakes (they mixed up the lables on medicine for a 25lb Cocker and a 60lb Terv for one thing) and of never being recognized, I went and found him. When I was explaining to the receptionist that I was new to the practice but had seen this vet before, he stuck his head around the corner and said "I know you: you have a black cocker spaniel with a permanent problem. Wait,...oh, I remember, he's deaf." Good memory. And he takes good care of my Tervs and our cat. Never stick with a vet you don't like or trust. Elizabeth -- *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~living well is the best revenge~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* The most important thing one woman can do for another is to illuminate and expand her sense of actual possibilities. --Adrienne Rich *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* |
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OT Surgical Glue VOT sVent about vets.. help??
Dr. Brat wrote:
Never stick with a vet you don't like or trust. Elizabeth And I praise to the highest heavens our neighborhood vet. Not only just 4 blocks away (easy to hand-carry the babies over), but even my super-skittish Divine Miss Em is totally relaxed in Dr. Katie's hands. She ordinarily doesn't like anyone but me touching her (or even seeing her). -- Karen C - California Editor/Proofreader www.IntlProofingConsortium.com Finished 12/25/07 -- several scarves for kids in Kosovo WIP: Sesame Street group picture, MLI The Teacher (gift to the library), Bethany Angel, Flowers of Hawaii (Jeanette Crews) for ME!!! Retrieved from UFO pile: Marbek's Snow Angel www.CFSfacts.org where we give you the facts and dispel the myths Myths, with research cites: http://www.aacfs.org/images/pdfs/myths.pdf |
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