Last night was pretty hard on all of us. Ranger started shaking last night before we went to bed, which I am assuming was from pain. I have his crate on my nightstand so I had the door open and he fell asleep with his head on my hand. I laid there for quite a while before I shut the door and went to sleep.
He started crying very softly at about 3AM, of course during a torrential downpoor and bless his heart he will NOT use a potty pad. So we waited for the rain to subside and I took him out. He would not use his back legs
but I could tell he needed to potty since he hadn't gone since 7AM the previous morning. He finally went and we went back to bed.
I woke up to him shaking and when dh brought him breakfast in bed, he took quite a while to eat it (very uncharacteristic) but he did eat. I gave him his Clavamox and Torb at 8:30. He was very uncomfortable this morning. He actually cried when I picked him up out of his crate, which breaks my heart. He was shaking and shaking so I called the surgeon about 20 mins. ago. He was in an appt. but I am waiting for his call shortly.
I also called my vet who said that he shouldn't be *that* painful, but reminded me that bone surgery is incredibly invasive. He suggested I do the hot and cold, which the surgeon had thought I shouldn't need. We were leary about cold therapy because he's pretty small and their core temps can drop so quickly, and he was getting chilled very easily yesterday.
Anyway, I am pretty upset... I am hoping that today is the *worst* and that he'll start picking up tomorrow. Please keep him in your thoughts today, I don't want him to hurt anymore
Thanks guys...