Little Dog in a Big World

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I’ve been taking the slow approach to Sierra’s new medication, Tramadol.  After she threw up on the first day, I decided to not to push it.  I also want to give her the smallest dose necessary to manage her pain.  One pill doesn’t seem to be doing much, so today it’s two.  This is lower than the 1 1/2 twice a day that the veterinarian recommended.

The only side effect I’ve noticed so far is she seems to be more tired tonight.  I’ve heard that Tramadol can cause sleepiness.  I’ll have to keep an eye on it.

At least, she enjoys getting her peanut butter does   She smells it long before I even get the medication out.

It was much cooler today.  Sierra seemed more herself.  Her leg was feeling better, so I got her back in her wheelchair for another spin.

She seemed happy to be outside in the cool breeze.  The heat had yet to envelope us.

Once again, the orange cat was sleeping under our bush.  What’s funny is Sierra never saw it.  I suspect she knew it was there.  She kept sniffing the air, but concentrated on other things like the grass and the telephone.

At one point the neighbor went by without his dog on leash (I wish he wouldn’t do that).  After a little coaxing, the puppy ran right by us.  Sierra was aware, but she didn’t seem interested.  Maybe she is getting used to it’s scent.

After we were done, I got a call back from the Vets.  We discuss different things to do for Sierra to help her with her arthritis pain.  The Vet decided that Tramodol would be the best choice for Sierra.  Unfortunately, Tramadol is not chewable   Why don’t they make all animal drugs tasty and chewable?  It would be alot easier!  Sierra will be happy.  She’ll get peanut butter everyday.  That’s her favorite.

I picked up the prescription and dropped off some photos for the staff.  They wanted to show off Sierra’s wheelchair, so now she’ll be up on the bulletin board for all to see.

Sierra over did it with her cat stalking.  Her back leg was bothering her.  Plus, it was 80F at 10 am this morning.  So, I gave her a rest from her chair.

I think tomorrow I will phone the Vets to see what we can do about her pain level.  I had a feeling that the extra work would be good for her but, also, cause her some discomfort, especially as I try to build up her time.

We’ve discussed pain medication recently.  Sierra is on Deramaxx and it would be something in addition to that.