Healing

Fury is healing well; although, we had a little setback two nights ago. I take her cone off to let her feed and relax whenever I'm home. If I can keep an eye on her, I usually feel confident that she won't attempt to pick at her sutures. I was wrong. I saw her sit down and take one good scratch at her throat before I could jump up and scare her. Instantly, a drop of blood flew to the ground. My thoughts: "crap".
I pinned her down to get a good look at the new problem. It didn't look too serious. The sutures were still in place, there was just a little dribble of blood down her throat. I was able to bandage it up while I called our vet. I doubt that Dr. Thorsen approves, but I really like having his cell number...
He told me to keep the bandage on and bring her into the office in the morning. Within 20 minutes, the wound had stopped bleeding. I put the cone back on, gave her some pain meds, and waited out the night. Thankfully, the next morning, Dr. Thorsen said that she was healing beautifully. The small scratch should heal along with everything else and it actually allowed some of the pus (worst word ever) to drain out of Fury's neck.
The need to scratch is actually a sign that Fury is healing. Until she can get her sutures out next week, however, the cone is staying on. I don't want to give my little pup any more reason to stay away from her friends in the dog yard...even if it is really nice when she curls up in my lap.