Izzy Is Back To Herself

It’s been a week and Izzy is finally back to herself after her surgery that took away her female parts. She started a little rough with the first night filled with many vomiting sessions. Then the second night she was sort of ok. On Saturday morning she was rough. She wouldn’t get out of bed and that is not like her on a Saturday morning. She is normally the first one up in the morning and ready to play. Once we finally pulled her out of her cage and stood her up to walk her outside she only made it to the hallway when she just started peeing. She wasn’t even squatting, but instead she just stood there as the stream of pee was hitting the tile floor. I was just happy that she at least made it until she hit the tile floor. This also struck us as very odd behavior. Once the mess was cleaned up and she was taken outside Andy had to carry her inside and lay her down on her bed. She wouldn’t move and we were really worried. Andy called the vet and took her in. We were given drugs for her and told to boil chicken for her and feed it to her with rice to get her to eat. Oh, boy, did she gobble that right up. Once she finally ate we knew she would be ok. Then on Sunday she was a little better, at least Andy did not have to carry her outside to go to the bathroom anymore as she was walking herself. We found out she is allergic to the stitches they used. That sounds pretty crazy, but it’s true. So, the vet marked in her file so those particular stitches are not used on her again. After a rough week of caring for Izzy she is now back to herself as she is playing crazily in the living room right now as I type this. We still have to keep her and Madison apart since they are not suppose to wrestle and we were instructed on no heavy playing or activity. Yeah, that will be difficult if we don’t keep them separated. It’s been tough, but with a lot of crying and whining the dogs are still separated, but Izzy is much better now.