Thanks for your timely response Jerry! I spoke with the vet about an hour ago. She said his pain is well controlled, but he is a bit anxious. For oral meds he is on Gabapentin and Terazadone. He had injections of Nocita (I think that was the name of it) into the incision site to help control pain. He is also still on IV meds, I forget what they were.

The surgical team will check in on him again today. We are going to see him this evening, she asked us to bring a rotisserie chicken to entice him to eat. She will try and get him up walking this afternoon. She said tripawds often do better in regard to their anxiety after they have walked a little bit. 

The plan had been for Calvin to come home tomorrow but that is TBD, they may keep him an extra day to let him settle out a bit.

My husband and I work from home and are setting up a space for him to recuperate in our home office. There is big window, with a 180 degree view of the front, side and backyard. It has always been his favorite place to monitor the squirrel, deer, turkey and dog walking activity. 🙂

We are going to pick up some non-slip rugs this evening. I am very much looking forward to seeing him this evening!

Thank you Sally and Karen for joining the Calvin fan club! We just got home from visiting Calvin. His progress has been slow, but they said it is all to be expected and within normal limits. He looked so much better today.  He will likely come home tomorrow or the latest on Monday. He will have his surgical drain removed tomorrow, he is still draining a good bit so they wanted to keep it in for another day.

Thanks for the insight on the tarazadone. They stopped the tarazadone on day two, that was to help him with anxiety. He had sort of a panic attack when they tried to stand him up initially. He is very much a spazzy doodle. 

He is walking with assistance today, they want to spend another day trying to work more on that as well. Apparently he hates the sling under his mid section but likes to have his tail and butt supported while he is walking. Holding onto his tail sounded horrific to me, but they hold really close to his behind and they say tails are strong enough to handle it. We were able to visit with him for about an hour. He is eating, drinking & peeing but hasn't pooped yet.

Good insight on the window, we will see how that goes. That has always been his spot, he typically just watches the activity. He barks a little bit, but he doesn't try to jump up, but it is definitely something to think about. He also loves to sit on the back porch and just smell the air and watch what is happening. We will see if we can do that spot as well. 

I do have a question. Calvin is peeing on a pee pad now, standing is still so new to him that he isn't able to pee outside, they have expressed his bladder when outside. It makes sense that he would use a pee pad now. Do they need to be house trained again after all this or does it get better when he is home and he starts to settle out?