It’s been a grotty day for poor little Pepper.
Today was the day she went to the vets for light sedation and an -xray of her poorly front leg (which is mostly absolutely fine these days).
We shared the driving and OH took her in, nil by mouth since midnight, and I collected her 7 hours later.
My day was horrible – it felt very empty and meaningless. We’ve all missed Pepper’s smiley little face hugely. I carried my phone everywhere with me just in case and, having heard nothing, phoned early afternoon to be told Pepper would ready to collect at 16.15.
I went to get her home, seeing the vet as well who said they found nothing, absolutely ruddy nothing on the x-ray. They even x-rayed the other leg to see if it was any different. So, the diagnosis is a possible soft tissue injury that will take forever to heal and Pepper is on lead-only walks, with no running, on flat ground for 6 weeks with regular analgesia with a view to sedating her if she doesn’t take kindly to this new regime. For the time being we will hold off on the sedation front. I am not a huge fan but nothing is written in stone. If Pepper is climbing off the ceiling, then we will see…….
Anyway, Pepper is pleased to be home now and I suppose we can work on our non-existent lead skills for the next six weeks.
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I know what you mean about how the house feels when a beloved four-paws is at the vet for the day.
You pace around, unable to settle to anything, the phone does not leave your side and you’re constantly checking for a message. It is absolutely horrible.
Glad that Her Ladyship does not have anything significantly wrong, and wishing both of you all the best for the next 6 weeks. Do you ever try homeopathy for the animals? I used to use this book a lot – https://tinyurl.com/mr4ynmm7
You know, either all vets go to the only vet school in existence or dogs are really prone to ‘soft tissue trauma.’ Of course, it’s the latter, but if we have had one dog with that diagnosis,we’ve had most of them at one time or another limping around so we soaked in the various cups & buckets with warm Epsom salts. The first yellow lab we had was the funniest: while getting a bath in the indoor shower, Rhett’s tail was so excited that he hit the shower wall hard enough to cause our first case of STT (soft tissue trauma). We spent week nights wrapping his poor tail in warm, Epsom salt water. Pepper, May your recovery be complete & quick for your poor family.
A relief that they didn’t find anything sinister bit frustrating when you’re not sure what you’re dealing with. I can imagine how strange it will feel to Pepper not to be able to persue her normal activities but hopefully rest in the short term will do the trick. Fingers crossed for her.
Thank goodness it is not a break or fracture, hopefully now you know soft tissue is most likely and are managing her activity it will settle down. They do say that bad sprains can take up to 12 weeks to full recovery.