Sukie, Oh dear, poor little Whizzie. Thank goodness you had the presence of mind to act as appropriately and quickly as you did. Linguini had exploratory surgery in August with a great deal of bruising and inflammation post-surgically. Fortunately, the homeopathic remedies I used resolved the bruising and inflammation within a few days. She had internal stitches but the external incision was held together with glue. About a month after her surgery I noticed little bubbles forming around the incision, which had healed nicely. No redness so not an infection but it sure looked like she was herniating. Sure enough her internal stitches were giving out. The vet opened her up again and redid all the internal stitching. He suspects that the extreme inflammation following the initial surgery had weakened the internal sutures. He put her into a latex sleeve after the second surgery. She hated it since it restricted her movement, she couldn't even squat to pee. By the time I got her home her 4 paws were swollen and beet red. I slit about an inch of it and within seconds her paws were normal. However, she still hated it and struggled until she managed to crawl partially out of it, getting it wrapped around her back legs. So I just cut the darn thing off her. She's fine and active as ever now. But this is another example that we need to watch our babies very carefully after major surgery. Tressie A. Dutchyn, MA ID PhD student, Dalhousie University Research Associate Atlantic Interdisciplinary Research Network for Social & Behavioral Issues Hepatitis C & HIV/AIDS Department of Community Health & Epidemiology Faculty of Medicine Dalhousie University [Posted in FML 5775]