call2arms wrote:Aagh poor poor Dru, I wish I could make her feel better.
How deep was the cut? I'm sorry to ask so many questions!! If you're fed up don't answer, I understand that you might not want to think about it constantly...
No, it's fine, really...I don't mind at all...
It was almost like she was de-scalped...if that makes sense...It was her fur, all the fatty layers...all the way to the abdominal wall (I'm not sure if that's the correct term...it was the muscle that holds all her insides actually inside)...
From what I saw, I thought it was only a 4-5 inch gash that went around her boob...the vet said it went across her entire belly...
Do you think she'd like a heating pad?
They get so huge when they're due to whelp, there must be a ton of pressure and tension on those stitches. Poor Dru. I think she should be an honorary pit bull now, with that kind of injury.
I don't know...I could try...I'm supposed to put a warm compress on her (where the drains are) several times a day...she's draining what looks like blood...
I think it makes it worse that the vet had to stretch her skin to sew her up...he actually didn't think he was going to be able to close it...
yeah, torb is not the best pain control but I think its pretty well her only option
Call2arms - Isa, is it?- do you think she'd get any better pain control if Katrina was able to do subcutaneous injections, if the vet would let her?
Can you get her a comforter? I just saw twin size ones at Walmart the other day for $30 cdn (I'm looking for my own use) You can fold it twice on itself and it makes for a nice padded bed - we use them all the time for dogs at work and they work quite well, and you should be able to chuck the whole thing in the wash.
I did a quick internet search and so far haven't found much info on pain meds in dogs
I know that Chuck or Adam would 100% let me give pain injections here...but this isn't my normal vet...and he doesn't know me like that, yet.
I'll definitely go to walmart and get her a comforter...that sounds much cheaper than my bed idea...
My friend Christie called a friend of hers who is a vet in Utah (and a repro specialist, to boot)...Ashley (that's her name) said that this far in the game, opioids are safe...I called the emergency vet here, and she told me I could go ahead and give her the torbutol every 6 hours instead of 8...
dogs are tough!
obviously...
For Drusilla
