Posts Tagged ‘Surgery’

A week ago today, Kaz was under anesthesia and getting her tibia voluntarily broken by the surgeons at Northwest Vet Specialists.  We’ve had some rough days but her leg is significantly improving each day and I feel more and more confident about the decision to have this invasive surgery.
Kaz seems to be in great spirits, [...]

Wow.  Kaz’s leg looks so much better.  Days 4 and 5 Post TPLO made us feel much more optimistic.  Even though we were reducing her heavy duty narcotics (Tramadol), she seemed to be in less pain.  The swelling and bruising had gone down drastically.  Her overall attitude seemed more normal.  She started chewing her Nylabone [...]

Day 3 was much easier.  We slept in and I finally got her feeding and pill intake on the right schedule to agree with her stomach.  She seemed a little more sore and slower moving around, but I think that was due to a little too much activity the previous day.  The swelling was the [...]

We had an early start to the morning.  Neither one of us were sleeping all that well, I think Kaz was recognizing my stress as I was waking up every hour through the night to check on her.  Around 7am I brought her out for her first potty break of the day.  She immediately headed [...]

After an hour of discussing the surgery and recovery procedure, Trish (the Vet Tech) finally brought Kaz into the exam room.  Kaz came walking in slowly, with the help of a sling, but her tail was wagging and she looked alert and happy.  I was surprised at how mobile and aware she was.  Trish helped [...]