Lacey - UPDATE Pg 2, #19; had her mastectomy today.

[cassiesmom]

Oh, Lacey! On the one hand I am very glad the margins were clean and I hope nothing ever shows up on a chest x-ray. On the other hand, sweety, please drink and eat something, please, pretty please?

Hugs from your fan,
Elyse

[MonicanHonda]

I hope Lacey gets better. That is a long time to not eat or drink. Poor baby. I hope she starts getting better poor thing.

[caseysmom]

Sending some good thoughts for Lacey.

[Freedom]

First, I want to reassure everyone, Lacey is BACK! She is her normal self, eating, drinking and a happy happy girl!

The problem was the pain relief drug she was given: buprenorphine. It is a narcotic, and used for mil to moderate pain control at home. And it seems to have some side effects which vets are observing, but which are NOT listed ANYWHERE! It says it has a sedation effect. Well, it was making Lacey really odd.

This morning, Sugar had a follow up with her eye surgeon, for her cataract surgery from 7 months back. I took Lacey along as she has been house bound for 4 days and won't be on walks for a total of 2 weeks. The eye surgeon is WONDERFUL, and as she has worked with me helping 3 pets. I have frequently taken 4 fluffs in for Sugar's visits, lol. She knows about my rescue obsession. Rolled Eyes

So, seeing as Lacey is wearing a cone collar, she asked and I talked. What is the pain medicine? I told her. STOP it. STOP IT NOW. Er, but it is for pain.
Ask your vet for something else if Lacey is uncomfortable but after 4 to 5 days she can go with no pain meds. "It is THAT medicine which is making her act weird, not eat and so forth. It is a narcotic." She said they have been seeing this a lot, even though it is not being reported as yet.

Due to a crazy morning here at home, Lacey hadn't gotten her dose in the AM. And she WAS acting better at this point, 10 AM. So I have stopped giving her that medicine at all. She is FINE!


I set this as separate thread in case we ever need to back track which medicine. Not that we will remember the name, but remembering Lacey, medicine, weird, will help in a search for it.

I will phone Lacey's regular vet tomorrow to let her know.

[cassiesmom]

Oh, Lacey! Buprenorphine would flatten anybody! It's even more potent than morphine. I'm glad your doing better without it and I know your mum will be able to pick up quickly if you seem to be in pain, cos she knows you so well.

It is a good thing you went with Sugar to the eye doctor! Did Sugar get a good report, by the way? Could you please have mum give you both, Tasha and Marlin some hugs for me?

elyse

[*LabLoverKEB*]

Glad miss Lacey is now feeling better. Poor girl....
May I ask how old she was when you had her spayed? Did she have her first heat cycle before you had her spayed?

[Freedom]

Did Sugar get a good report, by the way? Could you please have mum give you both, Tasha and Marlin some hugs for me?

elyse

Sugar is fine. She has been off meds for the eye for months. Next recheck is 6 months, then annually after that. Sugar has perfect vision, both eyes!

Glad miss Lacey is now feeling better. Poor girl....
May I ask how old she was when you had her spayed? Did she have her first heat cycle before you had her spayed?

Lacey is a rescue, adopted from the Providence Animal Control. At the time (2 years back), my vet estimated her age at 5 to 7 (I choose 5), and told me when he spayed her that she'd had many, many litters. So I've known she was at risk for mammary gland tumors, been keeping watch.

Tasha, as a puppy mill rescue, spayed at age 4, is also at risk for her life time.