Sai Lup’s Home
Saturday, 25 February 2023 17:57![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elusivekSo... Sai Lup's back at home.
But this is exactly what I was worried about. Are we just extending his miserable life? He likes to walk - he can't now; he likes to eat - because he can't walk so can't stand up to sh*t, we can't give him food that would make his stool overly liquid, then he'll dirty himself and everything else. He'll cry and whimper if he wants anything (peed sheets, food, hungry, want to turn around, etc). I don't mind about the extra work and money, but I'm honestly concerned about my quality of sleep in the long term if he has any such emergencies over the night.
The head tilt is going to be semi-permanent. He’s whining non-stop. He wants something but I can’t decipher what. But he has just quiet down now, maybe he's fallen asleep.
I have the room set up with one dog bed wrapped in diaper sheets, one on the side without. I had this floor-chair thing before that I placed at the extended part of my bed, now I have it on the ground so I can sit next to him. The bed without the diaper sheets is just a transfer bed. When he pees the bed, then I have to scoot him over to the transfer bed, change the diaper sheets as needed, then scoot him back to the bed with the fresh diaper sheets.
For his 6-day stint at the clinic I paid over MOP$30,000 (some USD $3,720). The clinic suggests to start him on acupuncture for the legs, and preferably acupuncture-vets that would do house calls, because taking him out would not be easy. Since he already had his ACL, and he's a tad on the overweight side, he's not gonna be able to walk. And he must go on physio and acupuncture so his legs do not atrophy.
Frankie seems to be traumatized by how Sai Lup is. Frankie would usually come to me in my room but since Sai Lup came back, Frankie hasn't step foot in my room. He actually just sat at the door looking in. I have no baby gate and I always let any and all dogs in my room. No idea why.
I'm going to take the chance that he's quiet now and catch some shut-eye.
But this is exactly what I was worried about. Are we just extending his miserable life? He likes to walk - he can't now; he likes to eat - because he can't walk so can't stand up to sh*t, we can't give him food that would make his stool overly liquid, then he'll dirty himself and everything else. He'll cry and whimper if he wants anything (peed sheets, food, hungry, want to turn around, etc). I don't mind about the extra work and money, but I'm honestly concerned about my quality of sleep in the long term if he has any such emergencies over the night.
The head tilt is going to be semi-permanent. He’s whining non-stop. He wants something but I can’t decipher what. But he has just quiet down now, maybe he's fallen asleep.
I have the room set up with one dog bed wrapped in diaper sheets, one on the side without. I had this floor-chair thing before that I placed at the extended part of my bed, now I have it on the ground so I can sit next to him. The bed without the diaper sheets is just a transfer bed. When he pees the bed, then I have to scoot him over to the transfer bed, change the diaper sheets as needed, then scoot him back to the bed with the fresh diaper sheets.
For his 6-day stint at the clinic I paid over MOP$30,000 (some USD $3,720). The clinic suggests to start him on acupuncture for the legs, and preferably acupuncture-vets that would do house calls, because taking him out would not be easy. Since he already had his ACL, and he's a tad on the overweight side, he's not gonna be able to walk. And he must go on physio and acupuncture so his legs do not atrophy.
Frankie seems to be traumatized by how Sai Lup is. Frankie would usually come to me in my room but since Sai Lup came back, Frankie hasn't step foot in my room. He actually just sat at the door looking in. I have no baby gate and I always let any and all dogs in my room. No idea why.
I'm going to take the chance that he's quiet now and catch some shut-eye.
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Date: 2023-02-25 13:29 (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-02-25 13:30 (UTC)This must be so hard on you to ❤️