Day 6 & 7 – One week post op!

I can’t believe it has been over a week since Meg had her surgery!! We’ve had quite a few ups and downs the last few days, but it seems like finally we are on the up again!

End of Day 5

After I posted myย last updateย things took a turn. Meg still wasn’t eating, threw up a few times, had very runny poop and was panting very heavily. A reaction to the rimadyl, the same that she had after her biopsy. Thankfully she calmed down and slept through the night.

Day 6

After a panicked call to the vet, he said Meg would have to go off the rimadyl, we should start giving her anti-acids and if she didn’t start eating she would need to spend the next day at the vets on an IV drip :O Not to mention if the pain was bad from no rimadyl, she would need another fentanyl patch.

Meg seemingly heard all this news, and an hour after her antacid, ate some chicken, and seemed like her lively self. Sore and tired, but herself.

Meg & Dotti hanging out
Meg & Dotti hanging out

In the afternoon she threw up again. Here we go again I thought, but it seemingly wasn’t the case. She continued on into the evening resting, chilling, eating dinner and being overall ok.

At about 1:30am I heard her salivating a lot. Oh god, here comes the vom! This went on for an hour, with me constantly waking up to check if she was ok, if she was ready to throw up. Finally, she did a small vomit (in her bed of course). Clean up done, and we all attempted to go back to sleep. Just as I was asleep, I heard her get up and start coughing and spluttering. Another spew, bigger this time, on our lovely fluffy grey rug. Typical dogs – can’t make a mess on easy to clean things.

A pee, a tramadol and some candles later (far out vomit stinks!) we all went back to sleep (well, everyone else did, I tossed and turned for another two hours).

Day 7

Despite the horrible night, I could see Meg was feeling back to her pre surgery self on day 7. Anti-acids down, and she sat in the sun waiting to get on with the day. She went out for a lil walk around the apartment block yard, and she even went down the two sets of stairs by herself for the first time!

She ate dog food for breakfast for the first time since the surgery as well. Accomplishments everywhere.

Meggymoo even decided it was time to get back into eating her beloved rawhide chew sticks and greenies dental sticks. She had her sparkle back. And as usual, was keen to get some sun baking in.

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I has to sunbake my stump hooman, how else will it go back to tan like the rest of me?!

That afternoon we even took her to the (again, mostly empty) dog park to enjoy some sun before the weather turned. Dotti ran around while Meg tried to hop and follow, but reluctantly decided to sit and stay in the sun.

She spent the afternoon snoozing. No vomits. No runny poops. Just our standard Meggymoo. She even got some KFC scraps for dinner!

10 thoughts on “Day 6 & 7 – One week post op!”

  1. YAAAAAAAAAY FOR MEG!!! YAAAAAAAAAY FOR THE RETURN OF MEG’s SPARKLE!! ๐Ÿ™‚

    YAAAAAAAAAY FOR ONE WEEK AMPUVERSARY! ๐Ÿ™‚

    Such cute pictures of very cute dogs!!

    I know you feel such relief to have her eat and to show signs that she is feeling better! This journey is not for the weak, that’s for sure!

    Tha ks for sharing the good news!

    Hugs!

    Sally and Alumni Happy Hannah and Merry Myrtle and Frankie too!

    1. Thank you! I’m thrilled that we’ve had few yay moments in the last few days and have turned a corner. I’m sure they’ll be a few more downs in the next few week but for now I’ll enjoy this up.

      Thanks again for the love Sally and co!

  2. Yay Meg!! Glad the vomit and poop are under control and you are back to yourself with sun baking and sparkling! So great to hear & im sure more better days are coming!
    Kylie sends her love (& wishes she had KFC) xo

      1. She sure has, thank You! Kylie is back to her old self again. Its just SO nice to see them enjoy life again, healthy & happy ๐Ÿ™‚

  3. It’s all in the name, I reckon ๐Ÿ˜‰ Meg dogs are CHAMPION survivors! Well done Meggy Moo! And well done you! Hope you can get some rest now.
    Lots of love,
    Meg (and Clare) xx

    1. You’re right! After all, they are Megastars! I think both Meg and I are very keen for some rest days, hopefully with no dramas! Thanks for the love xx

  4. So happy for you and Meg. I’m on day 9 post op and things not going so well. Summer split some of her stitches open so back to the Dr. Other than that she was doing well. Guess this is just a small bump.

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