Day 2: Coming Home

I'm so glad my little girl is home! So far she's doing well. . . as well as can be expected.

Cosita right after she got home

Her incision is smaller than I thought it would be. . .no complaints there! It only has 7 stitches, which come out in 2 weeks. She's holding her whole leg pretty straight.

She's on 3 different medications. Rimadyl, which is taken 2x a day, Simplicef (an antibiotic), and Tramadol, for pain. The Tramadol seems to wear off after about 8 hours. After some experimenting as to where she was the most comfortable, on my bed or in her crate, she slept all night last night in her crate. When I woke up the first time at 6:30, she was stretched out on her back looking quite comfy, but by 8 a.m. when I woke up again, she was shivering, and kind of whisper crying. I went racing out of bed and came back with the Tramadol encased in peanut butter. That did the trick. Within 15 minutes she was resting comfortably again. That dose wore off around 4:00.

Her little speckled chicken leg Day 2

She isn't too interested in drinking so I've been using a syringe to slowly squirt water into the side of her mouth. She actually seems to enjoy this, and sits up when she sees me coming with it, licking the air as she swallows. Tomorrow I think I'll pick up some pedialyte to get down her. She's actually doing better with eating than she is with drinking. She's had no problem licking the peanut butter off my finger. Meds were hidden inside, but don't tell her.  She also ate about 1/2 a cup of dog food with a little shredded tuna and tuna water, and a small bite of the yogurt I was eating.

What goes in must come out. . . and nothing came out until around 10:45 tonight. It's like she's holding it until she absolutely can't wait anymore, and then she hurries to get it overwith. Not that I blame her.

I really don't like seeing her in pain like this, and am looking forward to getting past this "pain management" stage of the first few days.