i called the vet last weekend, 'cause the spot bohdan keeps licking has a small hard bump and i was concerned. he called me right back on saturday night and since i had taken measurements and what not of the location of the lump we were able to determine that it is a knot in one of the sutures.

he said this layer of sutures is designed to dissolve in 90 days. and that in the meantime i should keep bohdan from licking it to a hot spot.

i asked if the body would push the suture out through the skin and he said he didn't think so. i said good cause that really is gross. we shall see what happens, but bohdan seems to be worrying at it a lot less.

we are still doing our short walks to the end of the block and back, and if he doesn't get to go he is sure to let me know that i have forgotten his "turn" and that he wants to "go".

sooner is always better than later.