She will be anesthetized later this week to re evaluate the surgical repair. Hope is comfortable and responds to the attention she is receiving with a freely-wagging tail. She enjoys being walked outdoors and is eagerly awaiting her ability to eat solid food. The surgical site looks healthy. Today she began eating and drinking instead of being fed through the esophageal tube.
Hope continues to enjoy attention and shows no indication of being in pain.
She is being fed 3 times a day and eats with enthusiasm. She is active and enjoys being walked outside. The only medication that she is receiving is an antibiotic to reduce the chance of infection developing at the surgery site. Later this week she will be anesthetized to evaluate healing of the surgery site. Yesterday Hope was anesthetized in order to view the surgery site where tissue was grafted over the hole made by the bullet in the roof of her mouth.