The surgery was a week ago. I got to pick Odette up the date after the surgery. There was a big shunt, which they closed off slowly with cellophane, but since they also found a few small shunts, they cannot say how her liver will recover.
Since I got her back, she was very whiny and tired for about a day. After that she was her normal self. She got a cone of shame with the words "don't take it off"... Having fostered so many dogs I know that I can take it off as long as I watch her, don't let her lick or chew on her stitches.
She's on antibiotics, lactulose, painmeds, meds to help her stomach cope and eye drops. Some of these once a day, others 4 times a day... It's a real hassle to keep up with it, but having done it before it's all right. She is still on a low-protein diet and will need to stay on it for 6-8 weeks.
In a week she will get her stitches out. And in 5 weeks we are going back to the clinic for a checkup. There is a possibility that her liver will grow to proper/normal size, but since there were some small shunts we wont know until we do another blood test in 5 weeks.
On a more positive note, I've only had her back for a week and she's already gained a kilo. She now weighs 10.6 kilos ! Crazy considering the vets from the Toronto Humane Society guessed her final weight to be around 5 kilos.
All together she is doing really well. I am very proud of her, she did really well during surgery and her scar is already completely healed. Once we know how her liver is doing we are going to look into the eye surgery again to make her see once again.
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| Her stomach. |
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| The entire thing was cut open... |
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| She wants to lay down on the chair, but is having some trouble... |
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| So I moved the second chair closer. |
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| Poor baby is missing Sam... |
How is she doing now?
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