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Originally Posted by ladyjane  Hoping little Mika is feeling a bit more alert today! |
Thank you for your input. She is definitely more alert today. Last night I was so worried as she hadn't peed. The surgeon told me her leg would look rather paralysed for the first 24 hours and he was right, she couldn't do a thing with it and I tried to help her pee by holding her but she didn't. I laid her on a pee pad for the night fully expecting her to go through the night but she didn't. She did eat a little bit of cooked ground beef later in the evening so that made me feel better. I had her cone on her but got worried about it on while I slept so took it off and put a sock on her incision. I slept with her and she was really out of it but this morning she was licking it so the cone is going to have to stay on when I can't watch her. It's soft so hopefully she'll get used to it. She's laying with it on right now as she wouldn't leave her incision alone.
The good news is I was able to take her outside this morning and while I supported her she hopped about on 3 legs, the operated leg just hanging useless, and she did pee. She also was quite hungry and ate a good breakfast. She is on Gabapentin, Metacam and Famotidine in case she has a tummy upset. I think this is going to be a long recovery from everything I've read but hopefully it will be better in 2 weeks once the stitches are removed.