Blake's Ghost 9/14 surgery4wks; GRAD 10/11

[Original subject line:Ghost, Dachshund mix, 6 years old, 2 week post-op ]  
QUESTIONS
☆ 1 Is there still currently pain? YES, dog yells when picked up or moved

☐ reluctant to move much in crate such as shift positions or slow, ginger movements
☐ shivering, trembling yelping when picked up or moved
☐ tight tense tummy ☐can’t find a comfortable position, appears restless
☐ Arched back ☐head held high or nose to the ground
☐ Holding front or back leg flamingo style not wanting to bear weight
☐Not their normal perky selves?
Full pain relief is expected in1 hour and stays that way dose to dose.
If not in control your vet needs to know asap to adjust meds.

☆ 2    22 lbs    Age? 6
   100 mg trazodone 3 times a day
   20 mg pregabalin 3 times a day

C.. PEPCID AC: Phrase a simple question that you expect a simple "yes "or "no" to it. Does my dog have any health issues to prevent use of Pepcid AC (famotidine)? (doesn't need it, we wait til there is problem…are NOT answers to your question!) If you get a "no health" issues answer, then go to the grocery store to purchase over the counter Pepcid AC containing one single active ingredient (famotidine).

(NOTE: Pepcid AC (famotidine) for dogs is 0.44mg per pound 30 mins before the anti-inflammatory and thereafter every 12 hours. www.1800petmeds.com/Famotidine-prod11171.html )
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☆ 3 -- List any red flag signs of stomach damage.
Not eating, vomit, loose stool, bleeding ulcers, red or black blood in diarrhea.
Full appetite but has diarrhea for last 24 hours
☆ 4 Dachshund mix, Ghost, Blake
☆ 5 diagnosis IVDD YES, Neurologist
☆ 6  SURGERY? 9/14/22

post-op rest? 4 weeks
-- home PT? At home for now

☆ 7 Having difficulty expressing bladder, went back to vet for second demonstration and tech said bladder empty when we left, Ghost immediately started leaking on me on the car ride home. I cannot feel bladder and cant express at all or only gets small amounts of urine out but he leaks what appears to be full bladder when laying down in crate.

Overflowing bladders need to be expressed to avoid UTIs.
Review video. Then get a hands-on-top-of-your-hands expressing lesson at the vet. dodgerslist.com/2020/05/05/bladder-bowel-care/

☆ 8 Ghost can’t feel deep pain in back legs.