Day 2- 1/19/13
Bubbles has been doing wonderfully since arriving at home. She hopped around as we explained to our son he cannot touch her “owie”, and that Bubbles feels better now that her leg that hurt is gone, but she needs to sleep and rest and get better. He has seemed okay with it, and when we had a friend come by to visit our new tripawd, he told her, “the doctor took Bubbles’ leg OFF!” So far, so good I’d say for a toddler.
We let Bubbles go out once more for bed time and use her potty patch on the porch. I think it’ll be a while til we make a trip all the way downstairs for her to relieve herself. There are too many bushy areas, and she prefers to squat there- I just dont want to risk an infection, so the potty patch for now. She has been drinking water like a camel which is very normal, and ate a good amount of food from my hand, but I’m making sure she eats small amounts frequently and so far, we’re good. She took her meds without an issue (covered in peanut butter) both last night and this morning, I iced her area again, and she’s back to sleeping! Looks like the fentanyl patch is working wonders, and I am so glad she’s comfortable.
Here is a picture of Bubs on all three legs drinking water. I had issues with her in the past drinking from a bowl. She would go so fast and drink everything all at once, she’d turn right around and spew it all up. Gross to say the least. So I purchased the “giant hamster” water bottle for travel kennels, screwed it into the wall and voila! No more vomit water, and she can drink with ease.
January 19th, 2013 at 6:32 pm
Oh how funny! Evelyn is not a big drinker. She puts her energy toward food consumption. But how did you teach Bubbles to drink out of the bottle? Sure seems like a neat and tidy way to deal with all the slobber.
So happy everything is going the way it should–pottying without problems, eating, taking meds, children being sweet. I hope the rest of Bubbles’ recovery is just as smooth. She is really doing great!
Give your little boy a hug and tell him it’s from Bubbles’ bulldog friend Evelyn!
Shari
January 19th, 2013 at 7:19 pm
Bubbles is a good eater too! Of course she prefers table scraps, but boy does she love her water! She’s always been really good at adapting to situations quickly, so as soon as she noticed it dripped water from the spout, she started licking it and never stopped! It get a little annoying, the sound of the metal ball clanking around as she drinks, but its definitely better than her dripping water all over and up-chucking!
We are very pleased with how she’s doing too! Just finished up icing her “bump”, and she’s getting comfortable again. Jericho enjoyed the Evelyn hugs! Give her some belly rubs from us too and I’ll be posting again a little later on! xoxo