Keegan's having Surgery!

[lizbud]

Keegan sounds like she's doing fine. I'm so happy
that all went well with the surgery !
If you are anything like me you always feel better
yourself if you can see them eat something & keep
it down after being away from you. Does she usually
have the dry food or a mix of wet & dry?
I wouldn't worry if she's 'off her feed' for a day or
two & not entice her to eat if she doesn't want to
have it plain (if that's what she is used to).
Might help eliminate the accidents in the house
if she's given a day or two to get over the effects
of the drugs and just being away from home during
her procedure. I'm sure that Beautiful little girl will
be just fine in a few days. Easy for me to say, right?

btw, I love the Keegan pic in your signature.

[AdoreMyDogs]

Keegan, I am so glad to hear that everything went OK and you are back with your loving momma. You're such a cutie pie

I could hardly believe it when I heard that you were getting spayed. What a big girl you are! That just amazes me at how fast those puppies grow up.

Staci, good luck keeping Keegan inactive for the next week. It's not easy to do with a puppy, I know!

Kisses to Keegan and Kylie

BTW, Staci, what does Keegan weigh now? Just curious.

[shais_mom]

Keegan weighs 47 pounds.
She is definately feeling better today!
I came home from work and she is feeling very frisky! The anesthesia has worn off!

[lizbud]

YEAH KEEGAN GRACE !!!

[tatsxxx11]

God bless you beautiful Keegan Grace. Love, Sandra, Cody and Star

[AdoreMyDogs]

Originally posted by shais_mom
Keegan weighs 47 pounds.

Where does the time go? She's bigger then Graham now I can't believe how time flies by. It's just amazing. I can only picture her as a tiny, fuzzy puppy, not a maturing 47 pound girl!

So glad Ms. Keegan is feeling back to her old, frisky self

[sammi]

Keegan, so happy you are feeling good again! Hard to believe that you weigh 47# already!!!

[aly]

47 pounds already?!!? Wow! You certainly passed up Lolly's 30 pounds quickly!

What a big, beautiful girl.

[Gio]

So pleased that everything went well for Keegan!

[Dixieland Dancer]

WoW!!!! 47 pounds. I agree with everyone else, time sure is flying. How old is our baby Keegan now? I'm glad she is doing better. It will be time to take the stitches out before you know it.

I liked Sandra's advice, Keegan don't unzip your zipper!!! LOL

[shais_mom]

She is 5 months now.
Saturday after work she was doing fine, then when I had to leave I noticed she had a little diarrhea. I put her in the crate and when I cam home my poor baby had had diarrhea all over the crate. Then she was trying to clean it up by eating it so when I came home she was vomiting and retching. She felt so bad she would just look at me with her head down with these big sad eyes that were just killing me. I felt so bad, like the worst mother/pet owner ever. She reeks now and they told me not to give her a bath b/c of the stitches, and a "spit bath" won't cut it. Don't know what I am going to do with that.
I am afraid she may have broke a few stitches inside with her vomiting and retching. I had to go to work Sunday, no way around it at all, I had this huge guilt complex the whole time b/c I was thinking she would have made another mess in the crate and by the time I was home I was beside myself. I got home and she had no accident! Nothing! She still had a little bit of diarrhea.
But today her stools are firming up and she is being ornery again!

[sammi]

shais-mom, Hope Keegan is over the diarrhea. If she still has a lingering odor from the diarrhea and you can't bath her yet - try washing her up using diluted mouthwash or watered down toothpaste laugh but it works! This is used if someone gets poo on their hands from changing the baby or cleaning up after the dog - just wash your hands with toothpaste or mouthwash.

[Dixieland Dancer]

Staci,
If you put a plastic wrap around the stitches so they don't get wet then you could give her a standing shower. You need to put the plastic around the stitch area and use waterproof tape. You shouldn't have a problem then giving her a cleaning up.

[DoggiesAreTheBest]

Staci, how old is Keegan?

[shais_mom]

Sourya, Keegan is 5 mos on Tuesday.
You have to remember I work in a hospital with infinite number of supplies! I got a "tagaderm" which is the plastic wrap like cover they put on IV's that protect them. And put it over it careful not to get it on the stitches. And I bathed the spots where it was the worst. Then I called the vet to make my appt for stitch removal didn't get to do that Friday and I told them I thought maybe she herniated a few stitches b/c I felt some lumps under her incision. She put me on hold for about a 30 sec and came back and asked me to bring her in w/in the hour. So we went to the vets and the dr checked the incision and said it was just scar tissue b/c she is so active. (IMAGINE THAT)
Said it looked fine. She gave me 2 perscriptions, one for her stomach and one for diarrhea. She said it was probably just irritation from the anesthia like what we humans would get. I told her I absolutely had to give her a bath and explained how I done it and she said it was fine and not to worry. She goes back Monday the 4th for her stitch removal. She is doing just fine now!