Sakura - Medical Thread
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Buprenorphine: decrease the dose and/or extend the time period.
If you are going to be up for a little while longer, say, then extend this dose by 2 or 3 hours (don't give her any more right now). If she starts to get uncomfortable, give it to her then. Buprenorphine works extremely quickly.
If on the other hand she's still doing well, then give her a slightly smaller dose before you go to bed and check on her first thing in the morning. Work with reducing the dose amount and extending the frequency based on her demeanor and behavior.
Continue her Metacam for a while yet, regardless of how she responds to reducing the buprenorphine. They act in two entirely different ways and manage her postsurgical pain differently.
If you are going to be up for a little while longer, say, then extend this dose by 2 or 3 hours (don't give her any more right now). If she starts to get uncomfortable, give it to her then. Buprenorphine works extremely quickly.
If on the other hand she's still doing well, then give her a slightly smaller dose before you go to bed and check on her first thing in the morning. Work with reducing the dose amount and extending the frequency based on her demeanor and behavior.
Continue her Metacam for a while yet, regardless of how she responds to reducing the buprenorphine. They act in two entirely different ways and manage her postsurgical pain differently.
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- Let Sleeping Pigs Lie
Thanks!
I decreased her dose of Buprenorphine a little. It's been a few hours, and she is still acting alert and munching on hay.
She even walked over to her pellet bowl, ate a few pellets, and then wheeked for a veggie treat!
The prescription bottle says 3-5 days, and today (the 18th) is the 5th day. I might give the vet's office a call later, and get their opinion as well.
I decreased her dose of Buprenorphine a little. It's been a few hours, and she is still acting alert and munching on hay.
She even walked over to her pellet bowl, ate a few pellets, and then wheeked for a veggie treat!
The prescription bottle says 3-5 days, and today (the 18th) is the 5th day. I might give the vet's office a call later, and get their opinion as well.
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- 4 the Good of all Pigs
She looks great! And maybe a little put off in that last pic (veggies, ma, veggies!!) Incision looks fabulous.
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- Let Sleeping Pigs Lie
Had a little surprise this morning.
I noticed this morning at 6am that Sakura's face was looking cleaner, as if she had been grooming herself (which is good).
Then I saw a dark spot on her stitches. It's about the size of the tip of a pinky finger.
It's dried blood. She did not bleed very much; there wasn't any blood on her bedding.
The stitch is still intact. The area is not swollen, or red, or hot to the touch. Sakura's appetite is better today than it was yesterday.
I think she has been trying to groom herself, and may have pulled on the incision site while trying to stretch that leg. I watched her scratch her head earlier with that foot.
I've got a phone call into the vet's office, just in case.
I noticed this morning at 6am that Sakura's face was looking cleaner, as if she had been grooming herself (which is good).
Then I saw a dark spot on her stitches. It's about the size of the tip of a pinky finger.
It's dried blood. She did not bleed very much; there wasn't any blood on her bedding.
The stitch is still intact. The area is not swollen, or red, or hot to the touch. Sakura's appetite is better today than it was yesterday.
I think she has been trying to groom herself, and may have pulled on the incision site while trying to stretch that leg. I watched her scratch her head earlier with that foot.
I've got a phone call into the vet's office, just in case.
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- 4 the Good of all Pigs
I think your assessment is probably right. It doesn't look like anything worrisome but certainly something to watch to make sure nothing else develops. Keep us posted.
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Ditto StF. The "blackberry"-looking thing(ies) are normal for an incision that size.
"The area is not swollen, or red, or hot to the touch"
This is what's important (as well as the stitch staying intact). Is there any odor?
That incision looks just spot on perfect to me. They do get a little redder and a little more gruesome-looking before they begin to visually heal (well, visually to us anyway).
Edit: just as well. Let us know what he says. You have a drop dead *awesome* vet.
"The area is not swollen, or red, or hot to the touch"
This is what's important (as well as the stitch staying intact). Is there any odor?
That incision looks just spot on perfect to me. They do get a little redder and a little more gruesome-looking before they begin to visually heal (well, visually to us anyway).
Edit: just as well. Let us know what he says. You have a drop dead *awesome* vet.