Yay I'm glad she's doing so well.  I hope it continues to be a clean heal…it'll be a tough couple of weeks but I'm sure she'll be her old speedy self before ya know it. 

Things might be hard for the next two weeks but she will soon begin to surprise you as recovers, all the best for a fast recovery.

The aftercare can definitely be a challenge I'm finding out. It's been a week yesterday for Brandy and me and getting the flu for me as a bonus in some ways as I have been home from work all week. With all the H1N1 scare, work doesn't want anybody sick at all to show up. Thank gosh I've got some accumulated sick days.

all the best to you.

Amaaaazing news!  Here's hoping for a speedy recovery (but Indy, that doesn't mean you need to be speedy…you just take it easy) :)

<3 Laura and Jack

We are home! Over the night, Indy got up by herself, was able to go potty, and adjust and lay down on the vet comfort pad, all of this without help. When we came in, she got up by herself but quickly got tired and laid at our feet while we went over stuff with the vet.

She hasn't any any bleeding lately, just expected slight oozing of stuff I can't remember the name of. She's had no instances of phantom pain in the 30 hours since the surgery finished. Right now she's on codeine, rimadyl, and cephalexin.

I'll admit, the wound looked a bit grosser than I though it would. Probably just the stitches and the oozing, plus the shaved area. But her hair grows back pretty quick after vet visits, I'm sure it'll start looking normal in a week or so.

We brought her in and she'd been resting for a while. After about three hours, she started whining a little bit — usually her cue for either potty, food, or water. Well, considering she hadn't had anything to eat in close to 40 hours, I bet it was food — and it was. First, she ate some jerky treats, then a little cheese, then the main course of a rice/eggs/cheese mixture. She wolfed that down, though I think the shock of solid food upset her tummy a little bit as she was obviously uncomfortable for about 20 minutes afterward (I gave her some gas drops).

Our vet said of all the amps he's seen, this is far and away the best recovery he's seen. The vet tech agreed, and she emphasized that she's seen a lot of amps. Our doc thinks she's ahead of schedule for a dog her size and her age, he didn't think she'd be able to get up and totally balance for 3-4 days — but she did it in 3-4 hours!

Our vet emphasized that considering how destroyed her hip and femural head were, he even thinks that she is more pain-free than she was before the break (with her pain meds for the surgery).

So, she's eating, drinking, taking her meds, resting comfortably, able to get up and balance, can go potty. We just need the wound to heal and the fur to grow back.

Hi to another hound friend! We just joined — our 11 yr old greyhound boy Whitey is having his surgery a week from today (osteosarcoma). Glad to hear that Indy has recovered so well! Sounds like you are doing great with her. Give her a gentle squeeze for us.
Jen