It has now been 11 days since Marley's amputation. The first few days were the worst days of my life, but thanks to all of you I got through it and Marley is so much better. Once the pain patch came off all the crying and whining completely stopped, this is also when he first started to move and walk on his own, it made me so happy! He has been doing quite well and as far as getting around he is getting better each day. He is able to go up stairs and jump onto the couch with no problem (one day I even found him sleeping on my bed!) His wound doesn't seem to bother him much, he lays on it all the time and even likes to be rubbed around his stitches. He is drinking like normal and likes his ice cube treats, but I am having such a struggle trying to get him to eat. I have tried so many things that I feel like I don't have a ton of options left. I have tried cat food, pork tenderloin, steak, chicken, hamburger and rice, hamburger rice and carrot baked balls, science diet canned food ID (which he loves), goats milk, cheese, peanut butter, all kinds of dog treats and I'm sure I could name a few other things. There were a few things that he would eat a little of, but quickly lost interest and the ONLY way I can get him to eat anything at all is to hand feed him. I never force the food on him or in his face, I always offer it to him and then leave him alone, but he just turns his head away from it or walks away to go lay down. We also noticed that earlier this week his gums were kind of pale. So I talked to my Dr. and we took him in on Tuesday for blood work to make sure that he wasn't still anemic (a couple days after surgery he was a little anemic but the dr. thought that he would be ok and it would work it self out). So they checked his blood work and his red blood cells were still low. So we took him off of the anti inflammatory medication, and he prescribed a stomach recovery medication and prilosec. So he is now only getting those two medications and a tramadol about every 12 hours. Pain has not seemed to have been issue this entire time. I thought that maybe the stomach meds would help with his appetite but it hasn't changed much. I went to the organic pet shop yesterday and took Marley with me so he could enjoy some time out. I got some Lotus canned food which he has been eating quite a bit of, but still only by hand. He seems to like the goats milk too, but will only take it out if my hand, which is kind of hard since it' s liquid. He has been very sleepy and not interested in anything. The tail wags sometimes and when visitors come he is very happy and excited. It seems likes the first few days after the patch came off he was doing so well and now it seems like he's not feeling as good. He gets his stitches out next Tuesday, but I'm debating if I should go in before then and see if there could be something else wrong. My dr. said that if he doesn't seem to get better with the eating, then we can also check to see if he could possibly have a bladder infection from his catheter that he had. I didn't call the dr. today because he is eating out of my hand and figured I would just wait until Tuesday but I still can't help but be a little worried. His gums look pretty good now, but I think they could be pinker, so I guess what I'm getting at is that I think he still maybe a little anemic... Or I could just be jumping the gun and over thinking things because it has only been 11 days! Thanks for listening 🙂