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First Day Home

Karl Katzke | Hip Dysplasia, Surgery | Saturday, 31 May 2008

Eo came home last night. Her incision looked pretty evil — after the ride home, the skin around it was raised and kind of red, and I could easily see why they kept her for a couple of days.

She’s quite whiny as you’d expect, and I’m still surprised at how much energy she’s got under the load of drugs the vet gave me for her… plus the Acepromazine that I asked for to help keep her still! She’s already putting a little weight on the leg every few steps, which the doc said was a good sign.

The hardest thing for me to do right now is to keep her from moving around too much and tearing open the incision. I’ve already caught her trying to lick it a few times — a cone collar may be in her future if she keeps that up. She desperately wants to be outside resting in the sun — and we might just take one of her beds out there tomorrow and spend some time in the fresh air. Didn’t want to do that today with as raw as her wound looked.

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