They shaved a lot! I suppose it's because they use pain patches over some other forms of pain medication, so as well as the usual spots on her fore-arms/belly, there's both sides of her ribs too.
Those pain patches aren't small. There's also a fair sized spot on her neck too, which you can't see because of the cone (you can see it a little bit on the left, in the first photo).
Vet said she needed a pretty warm environment over the next week, because she'll be colder than usual, it's going into Winter, and she's healing; so we've had our heater on and the curtains open to let sun in. She's definitely gravitating towards the heat! And she lets us put blankets on her while she's sleeping at the moment.
I can't wait to get this cone off her though, probably tomorrow night, after her check up. It will have been six days since the surgery, the surgical site is healing reaaaally well, and as she has no stitches to pull out, I don't think they'll mind her having it off. She needs a good groom, anyway.
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Date: 2010-05-24 02:39 am (UTC)Those pain patches aren't small. There's also a fair sized spot on her neck too, which you can't see because of the cone (you can see it a little bit on the left, in the first photo).
Vet said she needed a pretty warm environment over the next week, because she'll be colder than usual, it's going into Winter, and she's healing; so we've had our heater on and the curtains open to let sun in. She's definitely gravitating towards the heat! And she lets us put blankets on her while she's sleeping at the moment.
I can't wait to get this cone off her though, probably tomorrow night, after her check up. It will have been six days since the surgery, the surgical site is healing reaaaally well, and as she has no stitches to pull out, I don't think they'll mind her having it off. She needs a good groom, anyway.