It has been one week since her amputation, and 10 days since the car accident. Today she went in to have her stitches checked and re-wrap her broken leg (it has superficial wounds from the accident so they decided a split rather than a cast so it could be re-wrapped to watch those heal and accommodate for swelling going down). She was so excited that they chose not to wrap up her stitches anymore, you could just see how much better that made her feel 🙂
Her lightning bolt incision 🙂
Since my last post, we have had a dramatic change in her discomfort. The Gabepentin dose was quickly doubled and since then her “attacks” of pain have ceased. Thank heavens! She will occasionally yipe when we pick her up, which she didn’t do before the phantom pains began, I think she is just frightened that we are going to hurt her and that pain will come back. She doesn’t seem as groggy on the medicine anymore, she seems to have adjusted.
We are thrilled to see her trying to use her front arm more, even though its is in a splint. I was afraid that, after 4-6 weeks, we would have to convince her that it was still there. One new development is that she seems to be afraid of cars………it’s about time! While I feel like this is a healthy fear, we are trying to help her calmly sit and watch the cars drive by in front of our house so she can get through it better.
I have noticed that kids are scared of her 🙁 I hope that it is the cast and the wrapping and the stiches. It makes me sad to watch their faces and see them reluctant to come close or touch her. I wonder also if kids know that injured animals can be unpredictable? I hope when she is all free from stitches and her cast that they won’t be scared of her again. Adults seem so drawn to her.
THANK YOU for all of the comments I’ve received! They have been so supportive, encouraging, and understanding. Helps more than anything. I read them over and over. Thank you.
One last picture of her coy smile. I think she might have thought that she snuck out of the vet office before they remembered to wrap up her stitches again 🙂
Oh NALA! Your smile just lights up the room sweetheart! I hope you don’t mind but these are Tripawds photo gallery worthy, you are amaaaaazingly gorgeous.
I think kids are nervous around a very post-op dog, it’s the stitches for sure. They will gravitate toward her once she heals up, just wait, you won’t be able to stop them from asking a million questions.
SO glad that the Gaba worked. YAAAY!
NALA!!!! You are a MIRACLE dog indeed, and with a coy smile to boot!!!
A standing ovation to you sweet girl..and to your pawrents too!!! A whole lot of devotion going on over there…and a whole lot of spunk from you Miss Nala!!!
I love follwing your journey. It just melts my heart. Talk about “going with the flow”…you’ve been given a pretty big hurdle mighty early in your young life, and you are handling it like a true champion! And I’m glad you realize you don’t like cars! Good!
Keep scrolling back and look up at your photos and grin bigger and bigger each time!
HUGS from one of your biggest fans!
Sally and Happy Hannah and Merry Myrtle too!
Oh my! I cannot imagine having a critter with two broken front legs and then an amputation to one. Your Nala is an amazing girl, and she’s lucky to have such a wonderful family. I’m glad she’s doing so much better. Her facial expressions are priceless!
As for the kids, I’m thinking it’s the stitches. It might also be because they are worried that they will hurt her, so they stay away.
Oh that last pic is just too much!! <3 I love it! So wonderful that things are going so well for her now!
I’m so happy to hear that the Gabapentin is working for Nala. It’s awful having a fur baby in pain/discomfort. Nala is healing up nicely and she’s well on her way down the recovery road.
She is a precious girl and that really shines through in her pictures!!
Keep up the good work Nala and keep getting stronger! You’ll be back to running and playing in no time!
Sending positive thoughts to Nala and her family!
Sahana and her Angel Leland