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jerry wrote:
Hoppy Gotcha Day to Honorary Tripawd Nellie B. Dawg (and an update)
It's been one hoppy year with Nellie! This week marks the one year "Gotcha Day!" for Honorary Tripawd Nellie B. Dawg. Last June we brought her into our life as a foster (haha!), and immediately fell in love with our 3.5 legged gentle German Sheph (More) |
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jerry wrote:
Banksy's Tactical Tripawd Healing Strategy
Banksy the Tripawd Are you facing amputation for your dog or cat? Curious about what Tripawd healing looks like? You've come to the right place. Last month during our Tripawds Hoppy Hour gathering, we were joined by Banksy's mom, Mary Yuter, R (More) |
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Whitney wrote:
Smooth Sailing... kind of.
Today marks 6 weeks plus 1 day since Ellie had her amputation!! I've officially stopped coddling her and have been trying to catch up on everything I left by the wayside (not overwhelming at all...*cough cough*), but she's still my number 1! We have (More) |
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Whitney wrote:
My dog is back
Tomorrow marks 1 month since Ellie's surgery to amputate her front leg. It both feels like it happened yesterday and happened ages ago. This past week things have gone so good! It took Ellie a couple days to get back to normal after having to be sed (More) |
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Whitney wrote:
Bit of a Rollercoaster Week
Ellie had her first physical therapy appointment this past Tuesday. Oncology had a peek at her and removed her sutures. YAY! In her PT they did TENS (Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation) cervical paraspinals around her neck, as well as PE (More) |
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Whitney wrote:
12 days post op
The past few days have been delightfully boring. We got the go ahead from our vet to start decreasing Ellie's pain medication so we have stopped the Carprofen since Friday (but I have a few extra to give if needed) and lowered her Gabapentin from 4 (More) |
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Whitney wrote:
2 days post op
Ellie has been doing so great overall. We are both finding our groove with moving around the house and making sure to stay ahead of the pain. She was sent home with this great harness called a "hold-em-up harness" I used it the first evening and som (More) |
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Whitney wrote:
Diagnosis
I have read countless times that people were caught blindsided that their dogs had cancer, and even more so that it was a intensely aggressive cancer. I am absolutely in that group. I took Ellie to the vet on March 9, 2023 95% confident that she ha (More) |
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ninilove wrote:
Days 7 - 10
Everything is still going really well with Nini. She seems to be alternating between a day of sleeping on the bed under the covers and a day where she's more active, and wants to be outside or move around the bedroom more. I'm trying to let her take (More) |
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ninilove wrote:
Days 5 and 6
Nini continues to make great progress! She's eating well and drinking lots of water, and everything in the litter box is going well. She's off her hardcore opioid painkillers, but I'm keeping her on 200mg of gabapentin for a least the next couple day (More) |