Inject local anesthetic



Make incision




Afterwards, suture and bandage

Note:  The details of the operation have not been shown because my camera batteries failed at the critical moment and my wife had been sent of on an errand, taking her camera with her

20 July:

21 July:

August 02:

Fully Recovered?

Suture looks clean -and post-operative lump is almost gone

Note:  My daughter, who had a cat operated on for umbilical hernia, tells me that a post-op secondary lump is fairly normal after an umbilical hernia operation. Regarding  her cat: The lump started getting smaller after 10 days and disappeared entirely after 20 days. However, she was not told about this by the vet -until after the lump appeared and they were worried by it.

August 07:

But now it seems to be growing again

Perhaps caused by (another) recent fall while playing

August 08: