We would like to thank one of our readers for her sharing, as below, in her email to me this afternoon after reading about Nomi’s infected wound:
Reading about Nomi’s surgical wound infection, maybe you get the caregivers to ask the vet whether these would help better than just iodine (I learnt that iodine might not promote wound healing but this is not to question the vet) – ChlorHex (clean wound) & Metrogyl gel to apply. I once had a cat with spaying wound opened up and I relied on this to get the wound heal back on its own. Quite effective on top of the confined restricted movement.
Upon receiving this tip, I immediately texted the vet to ask if these two medication might be suitable and helpful for Nomi’s case and the vet replied that the reason why she did not ask the caregivers to clean the wound with ChlorHex is that there is wound dehiscence of the surgical site. This means that even though the sutures are intact, the wound is not healing because of the infection, which creates some dead space underneath the wound. If they clean with ChlorHex, wash and do not flush properly, some of the ChlorHex might be trapped in the dead space and worsen the wound. ChlorHex is not supposed to be left on wounds. So the vet usually advises to flush with copious amount of water. But the vet said Metrogyl Gel might be useful to be applied after the Povidone Iodine.
So we quickly informed Nicholas and Aline about this. Aline she would get the gel from the nearby pharmacy.
Meanwhile, the vet have requested the caregivers to send daily photos of the wound to her for checking and should there be any signs of unwellness in Nomi, Nomi should be taken back to the vet immediately.
Here are a photo and some videos of Nomi this evening:
Nomi is alert and everything looks okay now.
We hope the infection will heal with the added medication.
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