paws120 said
That's great news!  I'm so glad it went smoothly 💖

She is eating, drinking, and getting around. You can't ask for more than that! Lots of loving and rest for both of you, this part is behind you 😎

Hugs,

Jackie and Huckleberry ❤️  

Thanks so much Jackie and Huckleberry!

Thanks so much everyone for the well wishes, info and support! She's continuing to do well throughout the day. We just have her on Tramadol, a small dose of Prednisone to see if it would help with the knuckling, along with an antibiotic and most of her supplements for HSA (will be adding the others soon). They said to go ahead and take her bandage off today. She loves "her" bathroom (aka my bathroom) and stays in there unless on supervised outings. She still doesn't seem to realize she had major surgery and is happy as can be! We're not going to rush anything and will let her set her own schedule within reason. Due to all of the snow melt and rain we've had, she won't be going in the backyard to romp anytime soon. Maintaining grass is difficult with multiple dogs and all of the precipitation here. We used to live in Arizona and just had mainly desert landscape. Oh, how I miss that place! If any questions come up, I'll certainly ask. 

Thanks everyone for the info about Gabapentin! We already have some here if it's needed. Oh Jackie, you are such a drug pusher 😉  I understand about the phantom limb. In Nila's case, I think it's more of a relief of both pain and nuisance after the rupture 2 weeks before surgery. We do massage the foot periodically. We'll be sure to watch for any crashes for the next few days. We're so happy that things are progressing well and she can start the next chapter of her life 🙂

Donna, thanks for checking on the size for the boot. I sure hope it will work for Nila. It's always great to have options!

Have a pawsome day!

Nila and Bev

midnighter94 said
I'm happy to hear that Nila is doing well, but I agree that you might want to add Gabapentin to the mix.

I'll call our vet's office in the morning to see what size Cassie's foot was - I wanted to try to call today, but work was a bit busy.  Hopefully the boot will be the right size.

Donna  

Hi Donna!

Nila is doing really well and although we have Gabapentin, we haven't needed it. The only issue she's having is the knuckling on the rear foot.

I was just checking to see if you had a chance to check on what size Cassie's boot/foot is and if it will (hopefully) work for Nila?

Thanks, 
Nila and Bev

Hello everoyne!

Well, just wanted to give a 1 week update. Nila continues to do well. The only issue is her knuckling which Donna is sharing Cassie's Toe-Up with her. Thank you Donna and Cassie!  It should be here in a few days and we are hopeful it's the right size. If not, we'll find something that is her size. We do have a wheelchair for her if it's needed. Other than that, everything is good in Nila's world!

I do have some other news. Our Saint Bernard, Bear (6 years young) started limping and not bearing much weight. When we looked him over, we found a "lump" by his right, front wrist. So, we started him on some pain and anti-inflammatory meds. Went to the vet the next day. He wasn't sure if it was osteomyelitis or cancer (probable osteosarcoma) and said xrays at this point wouldn't differentiate between the 2 yet. So, we started him on a course of antibiotics hoping it was osteomyelitis. Well, nothing much changed and we went to te vet last Thursday for an exam and xrays (lots of bone invasion creating instability and could possibly fracture). Well, you guessed it....cancer 🙁  The earliest appointment was for April 9th (our vet has a meeting to attend and will be out of the office most of this week)! So, we took it and just took things day by day. By Friday evening, we could tell he was in pain and very uncomfortable. So, I called our vet Saturday morning and talked to him. He said he had just talked to his wife the night before at dinner and advised her he might have to do an amputation on Sunday (yes, Easter Sunday) before he flys out that afternoon. Well, at 7:30am yesterday we took Bear in to the vet. We did chest xrays which looked perfect and were clear. His CBC/Chem came back perfect as well. So, they did the amputation and it went well. We'll have the pathology reports within a week. We got him home and recovery was a ruff for him, but my husband and I alternated staying in the bedroom with him. He was finally coherent enough to get some pain meds about 5pm and sat up for a short time. Before bed he wanted to go outside. So, we helped him, but he did most of it on his own. He got a good drink and had a BM. We put a compression wrap around his incision and gave him his nighttime meds. Gave him some Gabapentin about an hour after his other meds to help.Last night was ruff, he was crying and whining much of the night, but I was right there with him. This morning he wanted to go out to potty, didn't do anything but got along really well. Gave him his morning meds, put a Thundershirt on him to help with compression and he's relaxing comfortably in the bedroom. So, yes, we have had 2 amputation surgeries in the last week! WOW!

Thanks for all of your well wishes and support!

Nila, Bear and Bev