This is a stressful time. I know, we all unfortunately do.

I can tell you that yes, there are ups and downs and certainly with not only the meds, but this was major surgery.

With my Kona, she the surgery, maybe the meds (I dunno) and the chemo, her white count was at one time pretty low, and her red count is still low. But, our doctor said that this is 'normal', considering the situation...removal of a limb and also with us, chemo.

Kona's white count came back up, and we've been working on building up her red count with cooking her small amounts of lean beef, cooked on a high fire, rare............yeah, she's not spoiled

Kona, like Alexander, was fast out of the gate after surgery. In fact, she even leaped out of her raised kennel the morning after surgery, over the techs legs (that were blocking the opening while she was trying to get her to eat something) the only thing that stopped Kona was that she was still attached to her IV !  That being said, she definitely had her down days after that and is more reactive to heat now. That really slows her down, even now.

I know that the meds, like tramodol (thats what Kona was on too) are suppressive and sometimes depressive.

Please don't dispair with these new results. It's part of the process. He will power up. I  know he will. These pups, we love them, they are our family, no doubt, so it's hard not to take it hard when you look at them and they are down. I'm sending you both positive thoughts and prayers. I just know Alexander will do well.

                  hugs,

              Denise

Not sure that we can help with the meds as Rusty tolerated everything given to him; the bruising around the public area sounds the same as Rusty's.  His area around his penis and penis turned almost black; we sent photos by email to his vet and he said that it was normal trauma from the extensive surgery.  Rusty had a portion of his pelvis removed in addition to his leg.  Hang in there, we are sure things will improve for Alexander.

Chuck & Rusty