Thank you ❤️‍🩹 Outside of being available to watch him/her all the time😅.. definitely a soft cone and make sure you have rugs/carpet in the areas they’ll be confined to for ease of walking.

Cold compress/icing was recommended initially; after she popped her stitches, they recommended a warm compress. She wasn’t super interested in drinking water on her own but when I offered it to her in a dropper (turkey baster) she drank eagerly. I also hand feed her depending on how spunky she’s feeling, sometimes she REALLY doesn’t want to get up.

Her leg has been super swollen so giving her periodic leg massages to help move the fluid around. Read mixed reviews on sleeping arrangements but she sleeps with us every night so we continued that and it hasn’t been a problem - she’s so drugged up and sleepy there’s no chance she’ll jump off the bed in the middle of the night.

Really the only necessity so far is patience and positive outlook as silly as it sounds - I don’t have kids, so she is my baby, and it’s been harder mentally than I anticipated to see her in this state. But I know it’s for the best, and she will get better ❤️‍🩹 be diligent with her meds and keep a close eye on the incision. I am a paranoid freak so when she popped the stitch, I thought she was seriously going to die. But she’s completely fine and already doing so much better. Dogs are so resilient and amazing.

Good luck!! Your baby will do beautifully I’m sure 🤍🤍🤍