April
2012
Day Two – 3/29/124
I talked to the Doctor in the morning and he confirmed the pain meds might be causing some of the whimpering but he didn’t want to take him off the pain meds to make sure he was not uncomfortable. The whimpering did not stop and we had another day of him not getting up to go to the bathroom and whimpering. The whimpering just got worse and more consistent. The Doctor could even hear him on the phone. He reduced the frequency of his tramadol. By that night we agreed the pain patch needed to come off. My regular vet was able to take the patch off around 11 AM and within hours Bailey was slowly coming back. The whole house rejoiced at 12:30 pm when he urinated outside – and boy did he go. He was holding for a long time. We finally slept through the night. A light at the end of the tunnel starting shining.
first ‘pee’ is such a milestone. glad the whimpering is getting better – stay the course, it does get better.
charon & spirit gayle
That is so great! My dog has been whimpering too, and this gave me some hope!
What a difference it made with Bailey when that pain patch was off. His whimpering did not seem as if he was in pain which is why I thought it had to be the medicine. Fortunately the doctors agreed and took it off and he was up moving within hours.
Those first pees can be like a small lake! We celebrate them here, so yay for Bailey! Dakota was 33 hours from when I brought him home (no idea how long it had actually been since he peed) and I was getting really scared for him. But go he did!
We didn’t have a pain patch but it seems like they often cause a lot of stuff like you experienced. Pain meds are such a necessary evil. Nobody wants their dog to hurt, and nobody wants the pain medication to wig out the dog, either. I’m glad you got your boy back!
Shari