In a message dated 5/9/2006 11:14:05 AM Central Standard Time, utter227@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: I'm not sure if any have ever had an ear come completely back or not. If you catch it right away and do the surgery and maybe use the steroid, I The only hematoma we had was on our old dog. We did the surgery, my vet uses xray film attached with the sutures to the ear...he used to sew buttons on years ago when I worked for them...anyway after the film and sutures were removed his ear was fine...it was erect. The buttons and or the xray film is used to help keep the ear draining so fluid does not build up again...they open the hematoma but they dont suture it shut...they use the buttons or the film over the spots that they leave open to drain, if I'm remembering correctly. Patty ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================