Day 3 Post Surgery
Pippin peed today!!!! AND, ate some boiled chicken! So that was 2 1/2 days that she didn’t pee or eat since we brought her home.
Her attitude was better today. Not as snappy and allowed us to wipe the sticky laxative out of her hair around her mouth. She is taking a liquid laxative 3 times a day and with her long hair, it gets everywhere. She hates that I force her to take it and moves her head all around in the process of taking it. She takes it through a syringe. Her pills I can shove down her throat with no problem.
I took the other two dogs onto the front porch today and Mike (hubby) said that Pippin was getting anxious inside the house because I left her inside. So I brought her out and we laid on the hammock for a while. She loved it out there. The “pink elephants and flying squirrels” she sees due to heavy medications were more tolerable lying in the hammock on a breezy, beautiful day. She wanted to cuddle more today whereas the past couple days she was quite snappy with us.
Her incision, swelling, and bruising are even better today. She is also moving her hip higher when she changes sitting positions and was a little stronger on her rear leg when we took her out to pee. I can tell her incision is itching her because every time we take her cone off, she wents to go at it. The pain patch stapled to her back is also itching her.
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Wow!!! She seems to be doing making a LOT of progress. I am so glad to hear that she is eating and wanting to get back to normal activities, like going outside. Mike and Laurie, your family is always on our minds and in our prayers! I cannot begin to imagine how traumatic it has all been for you. Your love will heal her wounds and give her the confidence to come through this!!!!
Hello Little Pippin!! Hang in there, you’ll be running around again before you know it. It sounds like your recovery is right on track.
We’ll be thinking of you!
Lincoln’s Mom
Sound like Pippin is well on the road to complete recovery! Thanks for the update.
Yay the first pee!!! The first poop will be a momentous celebration, always is! Only 11 more days to go before the “critical 2 weeks” are over with. They fly by!!!
-Chloe’s mom