Let Shark Week begin!!!
Sunny Pupdate @7/25
(Arriving Home and Establishing a routine)
I'll be documenting Sunny's recovery here on Mondays, (after a cute Aaaw-worthy picture Sunny of course). If you continue please note, I'll be showing her incision healing progress toward the end of the post.
We were very impressed with the detailed post op instructions given to us by the surgeon's assistant. He explained in detail everything we needed to do for Sunny during the next 2 weeks. She will go in for her first post op check up August 9th(about 2 weeks from now).
After a short ride home from the surgeon's office on Saturday...
....Sunny arrived home safe as sound, albeit a bit naked, and chilly.
We put an extra blanket in her crate after seeing that she didn't mind being covered up.
We are icing the incision areas 2-3 times a day for the first week.
Sunny has been cooperative most of the time but her left leg has been very sensitive and painful. This is making it difficult to ice for more than a couple of minutes at a time. After icing, we flex/stretch her back legs to keep her muscles conditioned. She does stand on her own, and we keep her crated and coned to ensure she doesn't move around too much.
We have a sling to help her get around. It is a big help keeping her weight distributed and lets us support her weight, especially when she goes potty. We are doing 3-5 outside potty walks a day, no more than 3-5 minutes each.
WARNING: GRAPHIC WOUND SIGHTS BELOW
Her right knee looks good, a bit red and a little swollen, not bad for 36 hours after surgery.
Her left knee is a bit more knarly, more of what we expected to see 36 hours after surgery. She is also favoring this knee/leg a bit more.
We're keeping an eye on both incisions and will report any issues to the Vet if needed. They warned us things would probably look worse before they got better.
Besides wanting to spend more time up and about, Sunny is being a very good patient so far!
She is on a variety of pain killers and suppressors, along with an anti-inflammatory. All of these help keep her calm and sleepy most of the time.