outdoorschik
Posted : 12/23/2007 2:32:12 PM
She's doing the same today. I can't let the Ace wear off or she gets panicked with the pain, runs and trips around on three legs crying out, and can't settle, it seems the rimadyl alone does not work to keep her comfortable. she is able to hobble outside on three legs to do her business.. thank goodness we left the ramp up frmo Oliver's TPO surgery. She ate a small breakfast today which I was very happy about... it means she is still in good spirits to a certain degree since she's already a picky eater. (Although if she hadn't eatten the TO, duckling slow cooker stew + egg I'd have panicked myself :)) She got me up several times last night crying out and whining. we slept downstairs so she didnt' have to move and I went in several times to soothe her which seemed to work...gentle petting on her non-injured half of her body calms her. She's licking the wounds and sutures too much so I've got calls into all the dog people I know to see if they have any elizabethan collars (can't imagine her tolerating that well though) I could have sworn there was a way to make a soft one with a towel? does that work?
Someone mentioned her staying overnight somewhere... yes ideally that would have been better, but I'm up in way northern NH and the country vet I went to was great but no one stays in the office there overnight. As a sled dog she's hugely packed oriented, can't be left alone or she freaks, much less in a crate... she previously broke two canines when I tried to leave her in a crate. she was better off coming home with me so I could supervise her and she wouldn't be alone. The closest e-vet is 3.5/4 hours away one way!
She gingerly steps on the leg at times so I guess that is better than non-use completely.