Up and Walking
When Broc woke up yesterday morning he decided he was going to start walking, or hopping, and he did all day. He had no problem going outside to use the curb and even jumped up on to the bed when it was time to go to sleep for the night. He has also been eating and drinking normally and is enjoying his new home cooked diet, I just wish we would have started that a long time ago. A great day for Broc!
Broc is Home!
To start off I would like to say thank you to everyone here for the wonderful welcome comments and all the good advice. This is such a good community and we are so grateful for the information you have provided. I hope we can make a good contribution and help others as well!
We picked up Broc late last night from the hospital and I was amazed at how well he was walking as the nurse brought him to us. When I took over it was definitely more difficult than it looked. We brought a towel to help support him and we made the short walk to the car with no problems. We got home and when Broc got out of the car he did not want to walk at all, and it took a lot of coaxing and support to get him to our elevator and into the apartment. He was still very drowsy, so we laid him on his side in our bed and he was out for the night. This morning he woke me up with his paw and some whining, and I could definitely tell he was uncomfortable. It turns out he just needed to switch what side he was laying on. He never really got comfortable in the bed after that so I moved him to his bed on the living room floor and he seemed much happier there because he could prop himself up.
My main concern today was that he was refusing to eat or drink anything, and I know he had not had anything since the night before the surgery. I would try to give him some of his favorites: deli turkey slices and bacon, and he just had no interest in them at all. I ended up buying an oral syringe (as seen in the picture) and filling it with water and got him to drink that way. He drank about 4 of those full of water (it only holds 2 tbsp) and that kind of paved the way to him regaining his appetite. I’m not sure if it was because he was dehydrated, but after that he started eating with not problem. He really liked sardines from a can, cottage cheese, cream cheese, and started eating his deli turkey after that. At first he would only lick the water from the sardines, but I mixed it together with the cottage cheese and he ate it up. To me it kind of sounds like a rough meal just after surgery, but these were some of the recommended foods I had come across and I just wanted to get something into his stomach. Since then he has really perked up, and after he growled as he heard footsteps walking outside our door, I know he is on his way back to being himself.