Funny you should say that, Sally!  Someone once told me that schnauzers were bred to guard breweries in Germany (she's a mix, of course), and we always joke about our little brewery guard dog who takes her job VERY seriously.  We had a pizza delivered on the day of her bone biopsy -- we asked that they call from the driveway to spare her the excitement, but delivery guy forgot to.  Despite her anesthesia fog and the 6 inch incision in her (now gone) leg, she showed him who was boss of this house when he rang the doorbell!  

Today, we had more excitement - we were visited by a florist!  It was the highlight of Lili's day.  She was off the couch, where she had been snoozing for a couple of hours, like a DART.  Barking barking.  And, even better, the flowers were for her!  Lilies for our Lili, from a very kind coworker.  

All in all, it has been a very good day, considering the blow of the bad news yesterday (and how badly she must have been feeling without painkillers).  She's still eating like a champ (no more diet for her).  She feels much better on the pain meds.  I am torn between giving her the lowest dose they recommend, to see if she needs more, or giving her the highest dose, to make sure to keep that pain at bay.  I can't remember the dosage after the amp surgery, but we have 50 mg of Tramadol, with instructions to give "1-2 pills every 8-24 hours."  Pretty big range.  So she had 1.5 with breakfast, 1 this afternoon.  That and the Deramaxx (1X/day) has made her comfy, though snoozy.  She is handling the steps up to the house (3 of them) much better than yesterday. I don't think we'll see her careening up and down full flights of stairs as she had been, but I consider this good progress for just one day.  And best of all, her tail is wagglier than it has been in weeks.  

The vet tech suggested that we also get Gabapentin, just to have it in case we need it.  I need to look into how all of these meds work together.  Based on today's improvement, I don't know that we need a third painkiller, but I would rather have it on hand than find we need it later!