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shoefelmeyer · 10-07-2010, 06:47 AM

I just went thru this almost 3 weeks ago with Princess and Ty. I actually cried right before leaving them at the vet office. And of course I worried the entire morning until I could call to find out how they were both doing. They both went thru surgery and recovery with no problems.
The one thing that "freaked" me out was the night that I brought dogs home, Princess had some blood in her urine. I called the Emergency Vet and was told what else to look for. Told to keep a close eye on her and to call our vet the next morning. Called our vet the next morning and was told this is "normal" from what I described. Just as long as it is not only just blood. And then I had a call from my parents telling me my Grandmother passed away. So, another call to the vet since I knew it was not best to leave Princess home with both my husband and daughter both at work full time. So options were to take Princess with me or hospitalize her. The vet told me Princess would be happiest to be with me so I took her with me from Ohio to Georgia. She did great. No further problems. Just was extremely protective of her so that she did not get too excited or anything that would require a visit to a vet in Georgia.
Other than this, Princess and Ty did great recovering over the past few weeks. I can get Princess's stitches out either tomorrow or Saturday. Can hardly wait because even with washing paws and cleaning her face, using coat conditioner each day while grooming her, she needs a bath.... BADLY!!! She normally has a bath weekly.
I think the most important thing after spay surgery is to make sure your little one does not get too excited, no jumping or running around. And to either put a baby onsie or longer puppy tshirt on her, to keep her from bothering the surgical site or stitches. I kept a preemie onesie on Princess or longer shirt for the first week. And since Princess's surgery was done by laser, I had to put laser "lotion" on the surgical site twice a day.
(((HUGS))).... I know how you are feeling right now. My little Princess is my "baby" and go thru similar worries as I had with my "skin babies" when they were younger.

10-07-2010, 06:47 AM	#6
shoefelmeyer Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: USA Posts: 839	I just went thru this almost 3 weeks ago with Princess and Ty. I actually cried right before leaving them at the vet office. And of course I worried the entire morning until I could call to find out how they were both doing. They both went thru surgery and recovery with no problems. The one thing that "freaked" me out was the night that I brought dogs home, Princess had some blood in her urine. I called the Emergency Vet and was told what else to look for. Told to keep a close eye on her and to call our vet the next morning. Called our vet the next morning and was told this is "normal" from what I described. Just as long as it is not only just blood. And then I had a call from my parents telling me my Grandmother passed away. So, another call to the vet since I knew it was not best to leave Princess home with both my husband and daughter both at work full time. So options were to take Princess with me or hospitalize her. The vet told me Princess would be happiest to be with me so I took her with me from Ohio to Georgia. She did great. No further problems. Just was extremely protective of her so that she did not get too excited or anything that would require a visit to a vet in Georgia. Other than this, Princess and Ty did great recovering over the past few weeks. I can get Princess's stitches out either tomorrow or Saturday. Can hardly wait because even with washing paws and cleaning her face, using coat conditioner each day while grooming her, she needs a bath.... BADLY!!! She normally has a bath weekly. I think the most important thing after spay surgery is to make sure your little one does not get too excited, no jumping or running around. And to either put a baby onsie or longer puppy tshirt on her, to keep her from bothering the surgical site or stitches. I kept a preemie onesie on Princess or longer shirt for the first week. And since Princess's surgery was done by laser, I had to put laser "lotion" on the surgical site twice a day. (((HUGS))).... I know how you are feeling right now. My little Princess is my "baby" and go thru similar worries as I had with my "skin babies" when they were younger.