Well crap... Shelby's remaining hind leg does appear to be swollen. I don't know why they tell me these things .. now I fixate on it. I am supposed to massage it from the toes up to her hip and there does appear to be some swelling. And when I was massaging it, feels like there is a fluid sack in there (or something that move around - but creepy). But then again, I didn't notice it yesterday and now I think she's hopping slower. I admittedly baby her too much (carrying her when she appears tired, up and down the stairs...). I thought rear tripawds were supposed to do better going UP the stairs but she does better going down and refuses to go up. 🙁 

I am hoping it is fluid from lack of use and I'll trying to make her walk more. It isn't painful - which is good news. I massaged it for a full 5 minutes and she didn't fight me or flinch. I was so focused on massaging her front legs that I forgot about the rear one. 

But on the plus side - she did eat 1/2 cup of ground sirloin tonight w/some gluten free pasta and got her meds in her. We upped her anti-nausea pills and are taking her OFF the iron for now to see if we can add it back when she gets back to normal. She will eat "some" cookies (I got her new ones). But that she ate most of her dinner is good. No more dripping for her mouth... snoozy time but snuggles too. Oh and she had really runny poo when I got home from work (poor girl - I know she was holding it in) but all better now. Put her back on the flagyl till we get over the hump! Fingers crossed! 

4myty said
Sorry, somehow I missed your last post where you had already answered the ?s I asked. Do you mind me asking, why they give her Flagyl. I saw that on med list when Ty was in hospital. I made suggestion that maybe he had a fungal infection, but was told testing for that is expensive. My thought, just treat it, oh well. What do I know. So much sounds similar to Ty though and I am convinced that his tummy just feels like crap. Loose poop, burping and that funny walk. Just like he hops but his back legs work like.a little old man's. Also, did she have an IV? Do they do fluids.? Ty's leg was swollen a few days after his IV. He also had this storage pocket of fluid on his amp shoulder. It too went down. Just a thought.

Shelby suffers from occasional colitis from her chemo treatments (she's been on chemo since Sept) so that is why they put her on Flagyl. They said that stuff really messes w/their GI tract. So that helps her (and so does the probiotic). 

As far as an IV in her leg... unless they used her rear leg for her chemo treatment, she has not had an IV in it lately. I guess it's possible - I didn't ask which leg they use but that seems to make sense. She isn't limping (more than usual) and that leg is slightly arthritic but otherwise she seems fine. She didn't poop this a.m. so I am expecting a sh!tstorm when I get home - she had THREE chances this a.m. too but didn't have to go. But she did eat some cookies this a.m., some deli meat and 1 slice of banana. She seemed alert, happy and normal but I've got her on some extra anti-nausea medicine. I think it was just a reaction to the iron and the chemo.