Duchess is doing fantastic, she can do everything unassisted (we stand about 3-5ft away just in case), has been taking huge poops once a day, and yesterday started acting more herself (just a lazier version of the silly)
we took her from tramadol 3 times per day to 2 and that seems to have made a huge difference in her mood overall and the panting rarely happens now. We were told tomorrow to take her off tramadol completely & keep her on the gabapentin til we feel she’s pain free.
Working on getting those poops more regular (her normal cycle is 2-3 poops per day) but the huge ones are a good sign she’s moving along.
Bandages come off tonight & staples come out next Wednesday (15 days post op as the clinic has specific days for non surgical appointments)
will update with a picture tonight or tomorrow of the surgical site.
SWEEEEEEET! She is just acing recovery, this is wonderful!
Isn’t it insane how Tramadol can do that to a dog? It works like that with our Wyatt Ray, we just won’t give it to him any more whenever he’s had surgeries, because he acts like such a lunatic on it. There are alternatives so be sure to ask your vet if you ever need to use a drug like this again (hopefully NOT!).
Keep up the great recovery, you guys are all rockin’ it!
I think she was just really really stoned or “sedate” as the vets are calling it. She had been on it for weeks leading up to surgery with no issues. But my best guess is that the trauma from the surgery, stress, anesthesia all caused her system to just be overwhelmed.
Just glad that lowering the dose, and tomorrow removing tramadol will make her come back to reality. 1 day on less tramadol made such a huge impact on her personality, I’m excited for her to come back down to earth
DUCHESS, YOJ ARE A TRIPAWD BIG DOG ROKSTAR!! This is such a great update, especially this early in recovery!
And YAY for lots of great poops!
Hugs
Sally and Alumni Happy Hannah and Merry Myrtle and Frankie too!