Thanks, that is what I was trying to sort out, the IV vs oral meds. 

Yeah, we are being very cautious outside. On the leash only for potty and right back inside. Made a lot easier by cold temps and worse wind chill; nobody wants to be out longer than necessary! It is making it a lot easier on all of us to be inside and low activity. 

I realized yesterday that we were going to be out of meds this coming weekend, so I called our regular vet to get refills. Thanks to all the great info on this site for prompting me to think about that! We are going to drop the codeine but keep Carprofen 2x and Gabapentin 3x for at least another week. I am hoping she will be off the meds by her post-op appointment on the 16th so we can get a clear idea of her progress. 

I am so very glad that her recovery has been easy so far. This time last week we were waiting for the call from the surgeon. Bella has battled itchy allergies all her life and had finally gotten good control/relief with a new med for that about a year ago, so I am relieved that she has been spared discomfort now. 

Bella is using Cytopoint, an injectable med that lasts, for her, about 3 months. She had been through allergy testing, allergy shots, cyclosporine (Atopica), Apoquel, antihistamines, steroids... Nothing ever totally fixed it. Cytopoint ignores the allergy part and goes directly to desensitizing the itch, from what I understand. I am sorry that it took so many years of her life for a great remedy to come along, but it is amazingly effective. In fact, she had just gotten a shot the day before the leg fracture emergency, which in hindsight was extremely good timing.