Hey guys!
So Peace is eating pretty well, not quite up to what he usually is, but that's to be expected. He's still not drinking very much, we've only seen him drink twice and even then it was very short (Although he did pee again and it was a nice long one). We called the vet and they said not to worry too much about the drinking since they gave him so much liquid in the injection after the surgery, so it isn't really a problem yet.
He started chewing on the bandage around his leg so Mom went to the vet and grabbed a cone for when we're not home to watch him and a bitter spray as a hopeful alternative which, thankfully, seems to be working since he hasn't touched it since we sprayed it on.
He has another appointment to go in on the weekend to have the hole where his abcess was flushed and rewrapped.
He's definitely getting his energy back. We put him in an X-Pen and we have two set up (One down in the living room during the day and up in my Mom's bedroom at night so he can be where we are to watch him) and he's just having a hoot bopping around. At first we were concerned since the vet warned us that if he moves too much he will be causing the antibiotic beads to rub against his joint in his hock, but when we brought up the concern they reassured us that is mainly when he is jumping over something or on to something, normal hopping around isn't an issue. I didn't think he would be this perky already considering how he was last night, be he almost seems back to himself other then the smaller appetite and not drinking as much. I'm going to be surprised if he still likes parsley after this as he's been getting so much of it!
Here are some photos from today,
He really hasn't been too happy with the bandage and I don't blame him, it doesn't really allow him to bend his leg at all. We're going to see if the vet has something a little most flexible for him.
A little later in the day and he's definitely looking a lot perkier!
Hopefully we'll keep this trend going!
Hmm, I'll have to try the cranberry juice, I was going to run over to Safeway later and grab some more parsley, cilantro, maybe some romaine lettuce to get some water in his system and some canned pumpkin, anything that will help him recover faster! Hopefully I'm not overloading him...
