Love the name SQUISHY!!!!   

You'll feel more reassured after reading the links and reply Jerry gave you.  It is a scary time at first....we get it.  But we also known you''ll adjust pretty quicklymto the recovery  process as ypu see Squishy adjust.  Yeah, it's major surgery  and she needs recovery time, just like a hooman would. Within thirty days she'll have adjusted to her gait as her new normal.  The hard part will keep her from overdoj g things because  she's so glad to jave that bum leg gone!

When you go to pick her up, don't  even bother  to look at the.  incision  or draw attention to  it.  She just wants to see your  smiling face telling her what a good  girl she is and  she's going home!

Just short leashed potty breaks for now and back to bed for more rest.  Sometimes,  not always, dogs feel a little bit too perky at first  because of the  strong hospital meds in  them.  Then there may be a vit of a crash a couple of days later and that's  when the pain meds may, or may not, need to be tweaked.  My Happy Hannah was very restless and whiny when she first came home, so didn't  experience  that "perky" part with her in the beginning.

Let us know how things are going.  STAY CONNECTED!!  We are all  by your side to help support  you,  okay?

Hugs 

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