benny55 said
Hey Amanda!  Just checking in after our Helpline chat and BAM, here you are!

Okay, here we go.... B T E A T H E......B R E A T H E.......inhale slooooowly .....exhale slooooowly......GOOD JOB!  

And you ARE  doing a good job!  Remember,  if you have any concerns beyond what we have described  as a "normal seroma " and beyond the seroma link I gave you,  don't hesitate to have a Vet visit, okay?  

Yeah, going up and down there flights of stairs a several  times a day can be rough on all of you!  The puppy pads supposedly  use a scent to attract a dog to pee on them, so it's  worth a try.  Maybe place them by the door.  Also, it would be great if you could get your other pup to pee on them as an "incentive".   Maybe you could even  catch a little of your other dogs pee with a ladle and pour it on the pee pad.

To state the obvious,  be sure and make a distinction  between a pad used to ABSORB pee, versus the puppy PEE pad.  The first one is the one you want her to lay in while draining.   You can get them at any pharmacy,  pretty much anywhere.

And yes, if  shr wants to  lay  on her incision  side, that's  okay.

Now,  his can we get you some much needed sleep???   This is such an exhausting  time and you MUST get some rest!  When she naps, you nap, okay?  I know you mentioned your boyfriend.   I'm  sure he can help tend to her while  you catch up on much deserved sleep.

And don't  hesitate  to call the Helpline if you need to, okay?  

B R E A T H E.........and sleep!🌛🌛

Hugs

Sally and Alumni Happy Hannah and Merry Myrtle and Frankie too!

  

Thanks for all of your advice! All seems to be better now, it hasn't drained in a few hours. However, she just rolled over to where I can't see anything so hopefully it'll still be dry when she moves again!

The boyfriend gets home in an hour and a half and y'all better believe he's gonna take a shift watching her while I catch up on some Zzz's! 

I’m back! It’s 4:49 AM here and I’ve had about 2 hours of sleep. The drainage has decreased significantly and now really only happens if she’s up and moving around a lot. Does that sound typical?

in other news, I still don’t feel comfortable taking her down the stairs to potty. Am I being too worrisome about this? She won’t go inside, so it’s coming up on time to force her to go somehow. Any advice?

We took her downstairs this morning and she finally peed and pooped again! I guess she’s house trained so well, she refuses to go inside.

I ended up getting a total of about 4 hours of sleep, and I’m craving so much more. 

The drainage is still happening today, though it’s significantly less than yesterday. I’m guessing it just needed to come out rather than stay in 🤷🏻‍♀️

Paws crossed that the rest of today goes smoothly and without a hitch 🤞🏻

paws120 said
Good job Mama!!!  Keeping fingers, toes, paws, and tails crossed for a smooth restful day for all of you ❤️❤️❤️

  

Thank you! Whew!

jerry said
Really glad to hear Ziva went potty! Good girl! 

So far your day is off to a great start. Now if you can both sneak in some ZZZZZZs that would be heavenly! 

  

Oh we sure will here in a bit, I get to work from home so I get to do some of that and THEN maybe catch some ZZZs! 

Now, I'm sure it's normal and fine but I've noticed her fur is kinda healing into parts of her incision and scabby parts. In a couple spots, the scabbing covers the stitching a little bit. Is that typical during healing? So far, I haven't noticed any swelling or excess redness, in fact, her bruising is already fading a lot! 

Come to think of it....today she's 1 week post op! Her surgery was a week ago today 

Ugh, we have another gushing seroma tonight 😭 this time, my boyfriend is home to help deal with it. He panicked the same way I did yesterday when I first saw it. 

I thought we were done with the drainage but I guess not 😔