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Showing posts with label SurgeryPupdate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SurgeryPupdate. Show all posts
9/11/22
Trawpical Aaaws
9/4/22
Aaawwww Sunny
"Lovely little Ladybug
sent from up above,
please watch over my friends and family
and fill them up with love!"
A little update on my leggies. I am having good days and
some not so good days with my back left leggy. We head back to the V-E-T next Tuesday and will see what he says then.
We'll keep you updated!
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8/14/22
Sunny Aaawwww and Pupdate
Only 60 days until our next camping trip!!
(@8/14)
In contrast to the stink eye Sunny is giving us in the above shot, her doctor's appointment last week was all that we could hope for and more!
Sunny's knees are healing wonderfully(her incisions are completely healed) and her kneecaps are staying where they are supposed to be. Short, slow walks will continue for the next month to strengthen her legs and get her used to walking with her kneecaps in place and facing forward (previously when she walked, her back legs were a bit bow legged).
She is still confined to her room for long periods, but has resigned herself to listening to the music and/or television programs provided by her staff and napping without too much protesting.
She goes back to the doctor on September 13th and should be released to "normal, crazy puppy activities"! This is a full four weeks sooner than expected.
Life is Good!!
8/7/22
Sunny Awwws and Update
Monday Cuddles anyone?
Sunny Pupdate
@8/6/22
We have now entered the rebellious part of Sunny's recovery. This is the part where she is down to needing about 1/2 the pain meds she was originally taking. This is a double edge sword. On the one hand, I'm glad she doesn't need all those drugs in her body but, on the other hand, she is getting very restless in her crate and wants to be much more active than she is allowed to be at this stage of her recovery.
The good news is, after only 17 days, we can only see a few scabs, and, yet undissolved, stitches!
Sunny's incisions healed wonderfully and there is no swelling at all!
This means, no more "cone of shame", hurray!
Sunny still doesn't like to put all her weight on her back legs and, believe it or not, she does a good job walking on her front paws for a few steps before getting her back legs down. She does favor one leg or the other, depending on the day, but we were warned that may happen.
Tomorrow we head to the vet for Sunny's first
follow up visit, hopefully we'll be able to increase the walking a little bit to wear this puppy out!
I'll fill you in next week!
7/24/22
Sunny Shark Aaaws - Plus a Pupdate
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.
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