Day 1

This is Ari’s first day home.  She is doing very well, and we are so proud of her.  She does not appear to be in any pain, although she is wearing a medicated pain patch, and we give her liquid pain medication orally every eight hours.

The vet sent her home in a baby tee shirt to help cover the surgical incision.  The surgical incision is very large.  She also is wearing a drain that will be removed in a couple of days.

She is able to move around, although her movement is a bit awkward.  She seems to have some difficulty trying to go in the direction in which she wants to go.  She does not try to move around much.  She ate some food last night and used the litterbox.  She did stumble and fall trying to get out of the litterbox.  She has not attempted to jump or use any stairs.  We are keeping her in our bedroom, isolated from our other animals.  She slept in our bed with us last night.

Overall, she is doing much better than we expected at this point.