So when I got home from school today, Cosita had somehow worked her way out of the bitenot collar and she was all wet from licking herself. She'd taken the scab off of her incision, but it didn't really look irritated. She had also licked herself all over the other half of her body, almost to the point of giving herself a hotspot on her belly! I called the vet's office, and the tech said she thought a vet should see it, so I left a message with Dr. Bagley's machine. He had someone else call me back to tell me just to watch it and if it looks irritated to bring her in, but otherwise it should be fine.
I was worried that the pain meds were making her itch. I know when I've been on pain meds after surgeries that I itch like crazy. . .hate that! They said that it was a side effect of oxycodone, but I hadn't even had a chance to give her that yet, so probably not. It's also possible that she was cleaning herself, which makes sense, since she has that funky "vet" smell on her. I don't know. Regardless, it freaked me out. The bitenot collar will go on a bit tighter next time.
She wouldn't pee all day, but I was able to get her to eat half a can of Wellness Salmon. She LOVED that! I'm still doing water in a syringe to get her to drink, though the skin pinch test shows that she's plenty hydrated.
I kept reading about dogs who seemed mostly out of pain by the end of the first few days after this surgery. We are not one of them, but I sure wish we were!
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