We did the same set up as last time -- his bed and a heater and the exercise pen set up in the "lobby" of our house. I also went prepared this time with several towels over the dog bed in the back of my car to sop up any urine leaks he had. I got lucky and the towels caught it all before it made it to the carpet in my car.
I received almost the same discharge instructions as last time, but this time they did a reverse black and white image of his face on the cover. Not my favorite! Just like the last leg, there was no damage to the meniscus, and everything went well for them.
His leg looks more swollen than the last one and it's oozing from the main incision. It was just two of us girls loading him this time and we had a bit of a struggle at the top of the ramp (that's a long way up to try to hold the sling up), so he sort of hopped into the car a little and squeaked when he flopped down. Hmmmm..... did he tear all his stitches out? It looked pretty scary to me, but the vet tech hopped into the car and took a good close look and said that it all looked ok to her. She knows better than me, so off we went carefully home. I was able to get him unloaded by myself. The sling they sent him home with has longer straps than the one that we originally bought. I'm able to actually sling it over my shoulder like a purse and hold his back legs off the ground if needed. Not that I needed to then, but it's good to know :)
He definitely wasn't as leaky (urine) this time. I think they'd done the surgery earlier in the day and then I picked him up later, so maybe that made a difference in how quickly the epidural wore off. He also didn't need to get up an pee as much. Maybe his leg hurts more this time, or he's really sorry that he's going through this again?
They had his pill schedule set up at "good" times for me this time, so I didn't have to get up during the night to give him anything, but I still slept on a thermarest down next to his bed so that I could take him out when he needed to go. During the last 7 weeks since we moved him upstairs, I've been sleeping on a cot in the living room for the same reason. He was only getting up about every 4 hours or so to pee.
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