I’m also finding
it difficult to ice it like I’m supposed to.
She won’t hold still for it and starts getting upset and wanting to
pace, so I have to stop each time. I
tried bribing her with a duck chew and Shawn (my husband) even tried to
help by distracting her and loving on her, but it was still a no go. We’re supposed to be icing it 2-3 x per day
for 10 minutes each time and I really think we’ve only iced it for a total of
10 minutes in the last 48 hours. Her
stool is also back to normal already, so I have forgone giving her any of the
stomach medication they recommended.
The incision
still looks good. She does have quite a
bit of swelling settling in her ankle. I’m
not sure if it’s fluid or just swelling, but I’m keeping a close eye on
it. She has not tried to lick it once,
so we aren’t using the e-collar, which she is scared of anyway. When we left her alone today while we went to
the store we just left her in the x-pen and I put the inflatable e-collar on
her. She tolerates it much better and
did fine while we were gone. Here’s a
video I took of her this morning while Shawn took her out to potty.
Read about how Brinkley's journey began here:
And to read about the rest of Brinkley's journey:
Makin'Mischief Mastiff Collar... Plus Brinkley Day 11 TPLO Update PassiveRange of Motion Exercises in Post TPLO Mastiff
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