Tatum is in alot of pain...please help!

[stedmansmommy]

As alot of you here know, Tatum had LP surgery on both knees in April (so 7 months ago). She is only in pain about once a month or so when she has "flare up's" caused by her Osteoarthritis. However, today is the 3rd day in a row that she has been in pain...and I honestly don't know if it is because of it being colder now or what. I have given her pain meds (Metacam) and also gave her more today, but it doesn't seem to be helping at all, and it normally always does. She had diarrhea earlier today just one time, and I think it is because of the pain. She is going down on her front legs and sticking her little butt up in the air and is shaking some, so I know she is hurting This is driving me absolutely crazy because I cannot STAND to see her hurting...it is making ME shake and I am becoming a nervous wreck over this. I don't know what else to do because I already gave her pain meds once today and they didn't help...it says on the bottle to only give it once daily.

Please, is there ANYTHING else at all I can do to help alleviate her pain?? I swear I am just about ready to cry...I cannot stand knowing that she is hurting like this! I feel so helpless!

[stedmansmommy]

As I was typing the previous post...hubby just yelled from the other room that she just threw up He was going to give her a treat and she wouldn't take it (and for those of you here who know her, you know that it is NOT at all normal for Tatum not to take a treat)....and then she threw up

Please help!!

[Wend]

Could she be sick from something unrelated to her knees? Have you tried pumpkin or cottage cheese for her tummy? Poor baby

[stedmansmommy]

Originally Posted by Wend

Could she be sick from something unrelated to her knees? Have you tried pumpkin or cottage cheese for her tummy? Poor baby

Hi... thank you...actually I know it's her knees because when her knees hurt her, she goes down on her front legs and sticks her butt up in the air...she does this to help get some of her weight off of her back legs/knees. She has done this for a very long time now, so I just know it's her little knees Also, she is laying in a weird position...it's almost like she doesn't want to "lay" on her back legs when she lays down because they hurt. I'm almost positive the diarrhea and vomiting is a result of her being in pain...she is shaking as well, which is also a sign of pain

[Doodlebug]

Oh no, I am so sorry to hear that little Tatum is in pain. I hope you can get something to help her. I know how horrible you feel to see her hurting and you don't know what to do. I hope someone can help you.

[Patti]

I feel awful for little Tatum. Does having her lay on a heating pad help? Maybe the vet can give you something a little stronger for when she has bad episodes of pain. I hope she is feeling better soon.

[Yorkiedaze]

I would get her to an orthopedic surgeon ASAP! This isn't good at all and she needs some help here. Poor little thing.

[stedmansmommy]

Originally Posted by Doodlebug

Oh no, I am so sorry to hear that little Tatum is in pain. I hope you can get something to help her. I know how horrible you feel to see her hurting and you don't know what to do. I hope someone can help you.

Thanks so much, I hope so too I cannot stand seeing her like this...is makes me so scared and nervous!

I just called the surgeon that did her LP surgery....called him at home but his wife answered and said he was out but that he is on his way back home and that she will have him call me back as soon as he gets there. I hope he can suggest something for her...maybe a stronger pain med perhaps? I have no idea but I just want to make this pain that she is feeling go away

[yorkiemalt]

are there pins in her lp repair? is there a chance one of them or both could have migrated? I'm so sorry and wish there was something more I could do. I guess the next step would be a call to your Vet or the ER Vet to see if there's something else you can do.

[stedmansmommy]

Originally Posted by Patti

I feel awful for little Tatum. Does having her lay on a heating pad help? Maybe the vet can give you something a little stronger for when she has bad episodes of pain. I hope she is feeling better soon.

Thanks Patti, that's what I am hoping! I have this big soft bunny that I bought her and it has these bags inside that you can take out and heat up in the microwave, then once you do that you put them back inside the bunny...but she won't lay on it I wish she would because I know when my knees are hurting me (I have bad knees too) heat always helps.

[stedmansmommy]

Originally Posted by Yorkiedaze

I would get her to an orthopedic surgeon ASAP! This isn't good at all and she needs some help here. Poor little thing.

I would LOVE to do that...but her Ortho surgeon is 2 hours away...we don't even have an Ortho surgeon here If we did, trust me, I would be there right now

[Doodlebug]

Originally Posted by stedmansmommy

Thanks so much, I hope so too I cannot stand seeing her like this...is makes me so scared and nervous!

I just called the surgeon that did her LP surgery....called him at home but his wife answered and said he was out but that he is on his way back home and that she will have him call me back as soon as he gets there. I hope he can suggest something for her...maybe a stronger pain med perhaps? I have no idea but I just want to make this pain that she is feeling go away

I'm so glad you were able to get in touch and he will call you back soon. Let us know what happens.

[stedmansmommy]

Originally Posted by yorkiemalt

are there pins in her lp repair? is there a chance one of them or both could have migrated? I'm so sorry and wish there was something more I could do. I guess the next step would be a call to your Vet or the ER Vet to see if there's something else you can do.

Yes she has pins in both of her knees. I was wondering if possibly one of the pins broke, but her surgeon told me (right after she had the LP surgery) that when they break they will stick out through the skin. Hubby and I checked and we didn't see or feel anything. Her knees feel completely normal, like they always have (after she had the surgery).

When we have bad weather or it gets cold outside, I think she has flare up's from the Osteoarthritis...it's happened before, but the pain meds normally always help, and this time they aren't I don't know if it IS the Osteoarthritis that is causing the pain, or something else. I am just a nervous wreck. I wish the surgeon would hurry up and call me back!

[stedmansmommy]

Originally Posted by Doodlebug

I'm so glad you were able to get in touch and he will call you back soon. Let us know what happens.

Me too, thank you so much...and I definitely will let everyone know what he says.

[Ellie May]

I think all you can do today is take her to an ER vet so they can give different meds (what those meds would be, I don't know).