Poor pup and poor pup parents! Clyde is one week (tomorrow) post surgery and I just removed his Fentanyl patch today per the doctor's instructions. They told me how to remove it and it was quite easy - you might want to see if they'll let you do it at home. Another thing, my vet explained in great detail (including making doggy sounds) as to the difference between a "pain" cry and an "I'm stoned out of my mind" sound associated with the Fentanyl patch. He said they often make all sorts of noise while on the Fentanyl patch and its just because they are really out of it - he wanted to be sure I knew that because he said often owners take their dogs to the ER thinking the dog is in pain, the ER docs aren't always familiar with Fentanyl patch side effects and put them on more meds, which is not good. So Madison may just be reacting to the patch.

I hope she keeps feeling better!

Hope it is getting better for you! My dog Apollo is 16 days post op, and doing much better now. BUT... we did go through horrific phantom/neuropathic pains for the first two weeks. And I mean horrible pains, to the point I would watch him and just cry. It was just as you said, every time he got up, he would scream for 15-30 seconds, like tongue curling and all. Then he would be fine, wagging his tail. He had the Fentanyl patch too. He did whine excessively the first 24 hours, almost non stop. Our vet gave us the go ahead to take it off at home, 4 days early. Within an hour of taking the patch off, whining stopped. So I think the patch was definitely not sitting well with him, but all pets are different. We knew he does well on Tramadol from a previous surgery, so we switched to that right away. The first few nights are horrible, I don't think i slept at all. After the first week, things look up, and after the second week, it gets much better I promise! Ask questions on here, everyone is super helpful and use the chat room , its awesome for asking questions and getting answers right away! Best of luck, hugs from our family to yours!