 It's been 2 weeks, 2 more weeks to go
Well it was 2 weeks yesterday since little Beatrice had her surgery.She's doing great,the best thing now is that she's not trying to run around and jump, we've really worked hard at trying to keep her calm,by walking more slowly throughout the condo. When we come home after being out at work or for whatever reason, we take her out of her crate[she's crying with happiness and wiggling] we pick her up and hold her until she's quiet, then we put her down...and she'll walk.
We still have to leave the Elizabethan collar on her when she's in her crate and at night when she's in her bed, just so that we know that she can't chew on her bandage.Other than that she's collar-free.We take her out when it's nice with her leg wrapped in plastic,the hard thing about this is that she gets all excited and wants to play.Sometimes I take her out in her bag,we'll go on the metro[subway] downtown,I took her to work with me last Friday for a couple of hours.
On October 28th we take her back to the vet and they will remove her bandage and take out her stiches.They will x-ray her at this time to see how things are healing.If everything is o.k. we will take her home and try keeping her quiet for another 4 weeks.I can't wait to give her a bath, I think it's been 3 1/2 weeks now....she's smelling a bit doggy lol
She's off all pain medication and anti-inflamatories,the only thing she's on now are probiotics to replace the flora that she lost from the antibiotics that she was on for her skin infection back in August.I suppose that this is why she's not running and jumping,it probably hurts a bit.Also, I find she's sleeping or a least lying down alot more since she finished the meds.
Anyway,I'll post another progress report closer to "bandage removal time" |