Dang Suture!!!

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I have noticed for about a month now, that Tyson has a suture coming through his chest.  Yep, a suture from surgery about 2 and a half years ago.  For some reason it won't dissolve and is trying to get out of his body. We made an appointment with the Heart Center to have the surgeon take a look at and he confirmed that it is and if it's bothering him we need to take it out...that means surgery :( 


Since he is still sick, we had to schedule it a few weeks out for March 20th at 7am.  Not a fan of surgery, especially since this is the 2nd time we have to take a suture out, but he is uncomfortable and won't let me wash his chest very good so we're going through with it.


The risk to his heart is minimal, as less than 1%.  It's the actual putting under anethesia that is risky so please say some prayers for an easy quick procedure!

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