Dog update
Short version of the update is that she has shown some improvement since yesterday, but not as fast as they'd like to see, and there are still things which could go wrong with recovery. So guarded optimism at this point.
Longer version. The blood seepage from her sutures has reduced and she's not needing as much blood product as she had yesterday, which is good. She's needing more fluids than they'd like to see though, and the vet says that she seems to be plateauing in her recovery rather than continuing to progress, so they're going to try reducing the pain meds enough to bring her to some state of semi-consciousness and see if that doesn't help things along better. Her heart rate remains slightly irregular (treated by having the vet techs constantly tweak her meds), and there's also the chance that the surgical site could break down within the next five days or so.
Thanks to everyone who's sent their support. I'm trying not to let myself get too hopeful since I know there's a very real chance the worst could happen, but I can't help being a bit optimistic since she's managed this far after the initial on-duty vet's assessment was that any treatment was likely to just be a prolonged and expensive form of euthanasia. And for a better explanation of what's going on with her, I defer to a better description than I could manage:
http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Content.plx?P=A&A=672
Longer version. The blood seepage from her sutures has reduced and she's not needing as much blood product as she had yesterday, which is good. She's needing more fluids than they'd like to see though, and the vet says that she seems to be plateauing in her recovery rather than continuing to progress, so they're going to try reducing the pain meds enough to bring her to some state of semi-consciousness and see if that doesn't help things along better. Her heart rate remains slightly irregular (treated by having the vet techs constantly tweak her meds), and there's also the chance that the surgical site could break down within the next five days or so.
Thanks to everyone who's sent their support. I'm trying not to let myself get too hopeful since I know there's a very real chance the worst could happen, but I can't help being a bit optimistic since she's managed this far after the initial on-duty vet's assessment was that any treatment was likely to just be a prolonged and expensive form of euthanasia. And for a better explanation of what's going on with her, I defer to a better description than I could manage:
http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Content.plx?P=A&A=672