I had to take Ruby back into the Hospital tonight. She was in extreme pain when I came home from work. Crying, yelping out loud and wouldn’t eat. I called her Vet on her cell phone, she didn’t answer. I called the hospital in Anderson and she was still there and told me to bring her in. She ended up keeping her and is taking her home for the night to Ft. Wayne. She wanted to see what she was doing. I told her she probably needed Gabapentin and a stronger pain med. The tramadol is not helping her at all. I have never heard her cry or yelp like this, in so much pain. I did removed the cone and she went straight towards that incision. The Vet pushed on the incision, but she didn’t seem to show discomfort. I really do not know what is going on. She has been fine this entire week up until tonight when I got home. This just devastates me. I am trying so hard for her, she is fighting very hard to get thru this, but we can not seem to get ahead of it still.
I also do not believe I will be able to apply for the grant to help me pay for her bills as I still have not received the bill for all of this and I only have 14 days to submit it all. I do not think I will be able to do it in time for the 60 days after surgery. I’m overwhelmed.
Okay….DEEP BREATHS…..B R E A T H E…..
Of course you are overwhelmed! You’ve earned the right!!
Spunds like she’s in good hands and the Vet will be able to determine what’s going on.
Is this the Vet who did the amputation?
How does the incision look? No seepage?
It does sou d kike it could be phantom limb pain. You are right about the Gabapentin, it can definitely help with that.
Phantom limb pain is when a dog will all of the sudden yelp and cry out loud! They will usualw jump up and try and “run away from the pain”.
It usually comes in “episodes” and can last for a minute or two. Then maybe stop for zwhile and then come back again just as suddenly, and go away just as quickly.
Does it sound like that or was her crying more non-stop?
The Vet will be able to observe her and hopefully get her on the right pain meds.
TRY and get some rest. This is just a temporary setback. Hopefully those stiches will be out in a other week and that cone can come off!
Sending you hugs!!
Sally and Alumni Happy Hannah and Merry Myrtle and Frankie too!
phantom limb pain makes sense, but she hasn’t done that in front of me ever since she got home from the hospital. Tonight all the sudden when I arrived home, I could hear her crying as I walked up to my door. Then she wasn’t stopping. She yelped and got off the couch, going down to lay on the dog bed. She usually is on the couch. She was looking at me and crying, then moaning. It took 25 min to drive to the Vet and she continued crying, moaning the whole way there. It reminded me of how it was when this cancer first appeared and the one brief time she showed pain she started to howl in the middle of the night to way me up and tell me that she hurt. Other than that you couldn’t even tell she was in pain at all. Very strong dog that does not like to show her weakness. Tonight was a steady crying.
No seepage. The incision and stitches look good. She has been on complete rest for the past week and worn the cone the whole time.
Now tonight, I did take the cone off of her when I got home and tried to get her to eat. She jumped on the couch and acted liked she wanted to go towards the stitches. That showed me that she hurt right there, is what I was thinking. I put her cone back on… she was still crying this whole time and I was escalating in worry by this point. I popped two tramadol on her, for her nightly dosage. She wouldn’t eat so I couldn’t give her the clavamox without food. I even tried treats, she had no interest.
This is not like Ruby. She is such a happy and hopeful dog. Always just wanting to please me and be beside me snuggled up. Wagging her tail and happy for me to come home. Never seen her cry and yelp like this. freaked me out!