Now that you know a little about the surgery let’s talk about Daisy because that is what we are all here for. The day before the surgery Daisy had to go into the vet to get a pain patch, to help with the pain after surgery. They had to shave a spot on her side to attach the patch. Here is a picture of her bald spot, at this time she was a little worried about her hair growing back, but we told her it would be ok.      

Then on Tuesday Morning she was back off to the vet for surgery. Due to the busy Monday at the vet Daisy’s surgery got pushed back to the afternoon and she would have to stay the night. Surgery lasted about three and a half hours and the whole time we were sitting on pins and needles waiting for the vet to call and give us the good news. Finally at 5:30 pm the vet called to let us know that Daisy was waking up and did really well during the surgery, but they also found that she had torn her meniscus, which he had to cut the dangling piece off. They let us know that we can pick her up at 10:30 am the next morning and would leave a list of instructions for the next 8 to 12 weeks. She realized after her surgery that the little bald patch on her side was nothing compared to what they shaved for surgery. Here is a picture of her right after we brought her home.     

The first night home Daisy didn’t sleep at all and neither did any of us. It was really sad, she cried all night long. So we called the vet the next morning and got stronger pain pills. By the way, sleeping consist of the whole family playing campout on the family room floor because Daisy cannot get on the bed. Then on Friday (May 4^th) she wasn’t back to the vet for her first check up, she got the all good from the Vet. We were all happy about that. The vet then took the bandage off so the cone had to go on. (Oh no Bruises for all.) Luckily it will only need to be used for a week.      

Since then we have been working on Massage and Range of Motion and she is doing really well, she is even putting weight on her leg already and we are only using the sling on slick surfaces where she can easily slip.

Today we got to go sit outside in the nice weather for a little while with no cone. Mom was right there making sure I didn’t mess with my leg.      

Tune in for the next Daisy update.

As the week moved from Monday to Wednesday, we found Daisy’s appetite had diminished, her diarrhea increased and we were up multiple times per night to let her out in an emergency.  But while Daisy ignored her food, Gretchen found it as the perfect opportunity to try and sneak a few mouthfuls from Daisy’s bowl.  Sneaky little dog!  I imagine she was simply trying to prevent food going to waste (yeah right!).

Thursday not only marked a call to the vet for an appointment on Friday, but a record number of times to let Daisy out.  Each of the six times from mid-night to 4am (Technically Friday morning) was met with the bedroom door opening and Daisy running down the stairs; impatiently waiting for the sliding door to permit her release into the backyard. Her stomach was gurgling and audible from 2 feet away.

But by 10am, her activity began to return as well as her appetite. However, we continued with the vet appointment just as a precaution.

After a thorough examination, including some X-rays to make sure she did not have a blockage, Daisy was given a prescription of bland food: low fat cottage cheese and white rice. And as Monday rolled around, so did Daisy in regards to her ‘normal’ routine.

The vet believes Daisy may have picked up a virus, perhaps  during a 3 day stay at a local kennel in the five days prior to her getting sick.  At least she did not swallow anything that required surgery…as determined by the following x-rays…Wheeew!