Faith is doing well. She
has decided she likes some canned food in with her dry food. Her
appetite is good. She has started barking when she hears my Yorkies
bark. I think she would be right there running with them if I would let
her. Maybe someday……
She slept all night last
night; we didn't have to get up to go potty until 7:00 a.m. She gets
carried outside, then I put her down and she “goes.” She sort of uses
her two front legs to hold herself up, and I try to support her back
side by putting my hand under the stomach. It’s hard to describe, but
that’s what the vet instructions said to do, and she really doesn’t have
any trouble going. She’s a little trooper!
7/23/06
Today
about noon Faith started getting agitated. We went back to the
hospital; she had pulled one staple loose in her agitation. She wasn’t
crazy or anything, just couldn’t get comfortable, kept whining and
crying and trying to move around.
They
had to give her gas to do another 2 x-rays; the right leg (the one with
just the hip surgery) had lots of soft tissue swelling, but we kind of
think the main problem was that her pain medicine was all gone. She
took the last pill last night. So we have some more of that, and now
she is groggy from the gas. He put sutures in where the staple was and
said just keep her as quiet as possible. That may mean holding her most
of the time. So we’ll see how it goes. I think she’ll be okay for a
few more days with the pain medicine.
7/24/06
Faith
had a great day today. She laid out in the
yard for a couple of hours in her x-pen. She ate breakfast out there
and just looked around at everything. She seems to be feeling much
better. I am trying not to pick her up or move her any more than
necessary. Instead of holding her, I am putting her on the floor by me
and she is happy. She barks when the other dogs bark, and she looks
around to see what they are barking at, but she doesn’t try to follow
them.
The
vet said she could stay out of the crate if she doesn’t try to go up or
down stairs (and I don’t have any) and she doesn’t try to roughhouse
with the other dogs. Fortunately, the other dogs can tell she isn’t
ready to play yet, and they completely leave her alone. I did put her
in her x-pen when I left for awhile yesterday, and she barked as I went
out the door.
She is eating well, dry food mixed with canned food, and she needs to
put on a pound or two. I can see her spine. She weighs 9.5 lbs, she is
pretty long. Her ears are sticking straight up now; they were laying
down before the surgery. She is a very sweet girl and will make someone
a wonderful addition to their family.
