Oscar is now a little over 48 hours post op.  He stayed at the vet an extra day because he's refusing to eat.  We went to visit him this afternoon and they suggested we bring some of his favorite food because he wouldn't eat anything they offered him even after appitite stimulants.  We were told as long as he ate a few bites of what we brought and kept it down for 30 mins or so we could take him home.  Well, he had no interest in the food we brought him but the vet tech suggested we bring him home anyway since being back in his own environment would probably help. 

He's been home for about 6 hours now and let me assure you they've been a TOUGH six hours for the most part!  When we brought him home we didn't have much issues getting him out of the car (he actually tried to jump out of the back of our ford explorer by himself) and he he hopped right in the house with no issue.  He did sort of collapse about 10 feet inside the door and didn't want to move.  Since moving him is such an ordeal due to his size I just left him there since he seemed comfortable enough.  He won't get up on his own even though the vet assured us he can but he has been moving around and changing positions.

I am concerned about his water intake.  The vet had mentioned that they couldn't leave water with him because he would drink until he threw up.  They were giving him ice cubes to help quench any thirst he may have even though he shouldn't have been thirsty since was on iv fluids.  I offered him some water at home which he drank right up.  I also offered food which he turned down.  After about an hour he was crying and whimpering which was SO pitiful and hard to listen to.  I gave him a bowl of ice cubes and that did occupy him for a while and he licked them completely gone.  Since he'd had a lot of water we decided to take him outside to go to the bathroom and he was not having it.  I was supporting his front and my husband had a towel under his hind end and he wouldn't support any of his weight.  He collapsed as soon as we got him on the grass.  We figured the trip out was probably pretty taxing so we'd leave him out there since it is a nice night and let him rest a few minutes before  getting him back in the house.  I went to check on him 5 minutes later and he had moved about 50 feet through our yard and was drinking out of the horse trough!!  I guess this is good and bad...He can move himself as long as he's motivated but it worsens my concerns about why he's so thirsty.  Of course he quickly puked up a bunch of water... 

My other concern is his pain level.  He seems to be in a lot of pain and has episodes of wimpering/crying.  However, the pain doesn't seem to be coming from his amputation site.  He'll sit on his incision and lay on and it doesn't seem to bother him.  It seems almost like his pain is coming from his abdomen which makes me worry that he has an inernal injury that was missed.  His abdomen seems a bit distended.  I noticed it at the vet's office but thought it was probaby due to his posture and the fact that he was all hunched over so I didn't say anything but after watching him at home I wish I had.  His stomach isn't hard or hot to the touch, it seems like its full of water.  I know he's been drinking a lot but he isn't keeping it down and he was urinating at the vet's office.  I don't think its his bladder since his stomach looked this way before the horse trough incident.  Also, he hasn't eaten anything in almost 4 days so I'm worried about what could possibly cause all this swelling?  I'll be putting a call in to the vet's office in the morning. 

I guess I pretty much just needed to get this all off my chest and looking for reassurance that this is all normal   Did anyone else have any issues with swelling in areas other than the amputation site?