|
|
Post by Wendym on Mar 2, 2020 8:45:20 GMT -7
[Disc rupture surgery 6 days ago]
  Hi, , I have a 6 year old French bulldog who just had disc rupture surgery 6 days ago. She has not eaten anything since Friday and was released from the hospital on Saturday. On Sunday we took her to the pet emergency because she was in pain and she wouldn't take her meds. They gave her fluids and we pick her up today, but she still hasn't eaten. She was prescribed 200 mgs of gabapentin and a pill and a half of trazodone. If she won't eat how will she take her pills? Surgery on Feb. 25 home on Feb. 29. Medicine every 8 to 12 hours for trazodone and every 12 for gabapentin 2 100 mg capsules [Moderator's Note. Please do not edit
weight?
Gabapentin 200mgs ?x/day
trazodone ?mgs ]Thank you for any help. Wendym
|
|
PaulaM
Moderator. 
Member since 2007: surgery, conservative . Montana, USA
Posts: 19,528
|
Post by PaulaM on Mar 2, 2020 9:15:42 GMT -7
Wendy, welcome to the Forum. Your surgeon is the one who NEEDS to be alerted to the pain. Can you get a phone call into the surgeon now? It can take two weeks for all of the surgery caused painful swelling to be gone. Until that happen pain relief meds are essential and more than likely with their short life span would be Rx'd for every 8 hours to provided full comfort from pain. Gabapentin works on nerve pain. methocarbamol if there are muscle contracition type of pain. tramadol as the general analgesic. HOw much does your Frenchie weigh? Which letters did your surgeon have after his name: --- just DVM? --- DVM + ACVIM? --- DVM + ACVS? Please bookmark your dogs thread so you can easily return: dodgerslist.boards.net/thread/7351/wendys-frenchie-25-surgery-bulldogWe are anxiously awaiting to hear the surgeon's diagnosis about pain surfacing when it seemed to have been in control. Appears the surgeon did not send your dog home on any medications at all? |
|
PaulaM
Moderator.
Member since 2007: surgery, conservative . Montana, USA
Posts: 19,528
|
Post by PaulaM on Mar 2, 2020 9:16:40 GMT -7
Wendy, the guest board is a temporary Guest courtesy to get immediate help until you can register. I encourage you to register and login. That way all the features of the Forum are available to you, making it faster to reply and get an email alert about replies. It also makes is far easier for us to track your dog and give the best assistance. Illustrated what to expect during registration: www.dodgerslist.com/forumads/RegisterFORUM/register.htm |
|
