Month: March 2019

Lyla had a decent nights rest in the recovery room still as there are just too many dangerous obstacles throughout the house if left unsupervised. She is more herself and the Gabapentin dosage of 12hrs seems to be working fine. I don’t see any signs of pain. Sometimes her lil nub will twitch while dreaming I think.

Again, for the day I have opened the door to the rest of the home so neither of us goes stir crazy. Cone was off a lot but only when I could watch her like a hawk.

Here she is on her window perch loving it.

With all this time cooped up in the house I have done a bit of shopping for my Precious. Many recommendations from other bloggers on this site. So I’m posting a few pics with the items. All from either Chewy or Amazon with free shipping. She really needs a collar now with a bell so I can find her more easily and its a total give away when she needs an assist sometimes. Also as an indoor kitty she use to do so much climbing so I have purchase more ground chasing toys. As things get closer to next week when I won’t be supervising 24/7 I am nervous about her trying to get on top of the fridge and places like that, so hoping she will have enough other activities to keep her busy. Normally she will go on the pool deck area every morning and early evening to watch the squirrels and birds, and maybe chase a lizard or two, I may attempt this soon but it’s actually quite cold here at the moment, we’re in Florida so I’m gonna put it off for a bit.

Day 7 – Lyla was still quite restless and closet obsessed. To relieve her stress I took her cone off as much as possible today and did lots of brushing and cuddling. Soo much grooming. Used her litter box 3x #1 and another firm #2 around 5pm. She finally drank a lot of water around 9pm, The lack of drinking was beginning to concern me. I am hopeful we are going to have a great night tonight now that the Onsior is on its way out of her system! She did have a dose of the blood thinner Clopidogril (one more on fri). And of course Gabapentin.

Day 8 – Lyla had a very good nights rest finally. She hates the cone still ( as if this is every going to change ~ lols) and I try to remove as often as possible, but she still cannot be trusted, today she hissed at me a couple times when i stopped her from touching the stitch area, back to being the Diva I know. This morning Lyla had gabapentin at 9 AM and again at 9 PM, it will be the first day with the every 12 hour dose.

Today she ventured into some of the rest of the house and took a long nap in one of her favorite spots. One week down and one to go….man I can’t wait. She maneuvered well and cautiously getting around other areas of the house. The litter box is still quite a messy ordeal but hoping in time she will adjust.

So this whole time I have had my phone on silent mode as every little thing wakes her up so easily. I printed the schedule from the tripawds book but didn’t quite use it as intended, the med schedule was a bit overwhelming so I used it to log all the med times and then checked them off once completed. To assist with this as I was so tired sometimes I took advantage of “Alexa” and had her set alarms for me.

A rough night without much rest. Lyla is eating well. Not drinking enough. She has been acting a bit depressed so I have been grooming her a lot and then removing the cone so she can groom…until she messes with her stitches. Had her 3rd #2 today but the first that was solid. Did some more research on Onsior and have decided this is the problem with her restlessness and depression as she was doing so much better prior to this drug usage. Of course we have already given her today’s dose so this is the end of it. She is still taking her gabapentin like a champ and the wound area looks good. She does get around quite well considering.

Luckily my job is quite flexible and I’m able to hang with her 24/7. Hoping tomorrow we see some improvement.

We are getting into a fairly decent routine with Lyla’s meds. On day 4 in the afternoon she was more docile than she has been so I took that as a cue that it was time to start the onsior pain med around 5pm as her patch had mostly run out. My biggest fear in all this is that the instructions are so vague regarding the Fentanyl patch lasting 4-5 days. Our instructions for Onsior is 1xday 3 days then every other day for 3 doses. Things were fairly calm this evening. A short time of play but just laying in place w her front paws. I’ve also downloaded some cat games onto my ipad for her, she kinda watches a bit. She seems to enjoy the youtube bird videos better.

Day 5 things are progressing about the same pace. We have been taking shifts hanging with her and she is truly content not wanting to leave the office space. I’m hoping in a couple days she’ll be more herself. The wound area looks excellent and she is moving around quite well and maneuvering the litter box like a champ. Sleep and heal.

Lyla was able to get some quality sleep I think last night. The Big question today is when to begin the Onsior NSAID…Her Fentanyl patch will wear off tomorrow or Sunday. I’m just going to keep a good eye for any signs of pain and am thinking I will start it tomorrow evening as that’s a halfway point. She will still be taking her Gabapentin every eight hours until Monday (day7) then every 12 hours until day 14. Which is also our follow up Dr. appointment if all continues smoothly. She is truly mastering how to hop/walk now. Today we also began warm washcloth for 5 min 3x day to get the blood flowing. I have also been doing a lil shopping on amazon for a bedside ramp as ours is quite high. Plus an easy elderly style climber as I sold a very high intricate one she use to use…and a self scratcher. To aid in her fluid intake I have mixed 1/2 low sodium broth with water and that does seem to help.

The pathologist report came in with the following: The distal tibia contains a high grade sarcoma arising within the medullary cavity. Differentials include primary bone sarcomas including chondrosarcoma and osteosarcoma. Additional decalcified sections of the tibia are pending to rule out osteosarcoma. There is no evidence of lymphatic invasion or lymph node metastasis. The lymph node is reactive and immunologically stimulated.

So we wait. Sleep & heal♥️