Murphy didn't eat well at all, and most people here say the same thing.  They don't feel well and the medications make them feel loopy, so they don't eat much.  I cooked up some rice and poured chicken broth over it, then added some chunks of chicken to it.  

The first 2 - 3 weeks are always the hardest.  Make sure you're spacing out the medications, not giving them all at once.  Being a nurse, you've probably made a med sheet   I did, too!  It really was the easiest way to keep track of Murphy's meds with 3 of us here.  If the Tramadol didn't help, maybe there's another narcotic they could try?  Right now the Neurontin (the same as Gabapentin) works on the nerve pain and the Rimadyl is an NSAID, so if they could add some other narcotic, that would help.  I've seen some use Tylenol #3 before, but you could ask your vet if there's something that could work.  Our Cassie tried Tramadol last year for a shoulder injury and she had a weird reaction to it, too, so I know it doesn't always work for everyone.

You can also use an ice pack to the incision a couple of times a day; as well as massaging around the area to help her body re-absorb the extra fluids.

Donna

I'm smiling about the nurse and med sheet record comment. I'm a nurse too and did exactly that! Our Golden, Murphy is almost 4 weeks post rear leg amputation and, while it's been a pretty smooth recovery, we've had bumps along the way. His appetite was poor for 4-5 days but slowly it's come back to where he was before surgery. We also had a small dehisence of the incision so the poor guy is still in the cone of shame . I know that pain meds are so important as we had a pain crisis when his fentanyl patch wore off on post op day 3. I think You'll be amazed at Ellie's recovery though.

Keep us all posted

Val