So…Coco has been difficult. She won’t sleep during the day. She gets agitated and wants to be..well, she doesn’t know what she wants. She’s just uncomfortable, and she’s not really sure why. Food, going out to potty, resting in a different place, going for a stroller ride…none of it provides any lasting sort of relief. And Liz is working this weekend, so it means I can’t do anything except take care of her.
It’s just like having a baby, I think. It’s nonstop care.
Well…she finally got comfortable enough to fall asleep this evening around…6, I think? She passed out in her crate in the middle of the kitchen. She’s still pretty passed out. Thank god. We got the okay from the vet to double up on her pain meds (they’re non-nsaid or narcotics…it’s apparently pretty safe stuff, which is a relief). Hopefully that helps her.
She’s not yelping in pain. It’s not acute so far as I can tell. But, she’s uncomfortable. And because of that, she’s restless. Anxious. Searching for relief and not finding any.
One thing I figured out today is that she’s cold. That’s at least ONE thing that makes it hard for her to get comfortable. She shivers, and it was really hard to tell if she was shivering because she was in pain, or shivering because she was cold. Well, at least part of it has been because she was cold. A tightly-bundled blanket on top and a heating pad underneath are what finally put her to sleep this evening. Whew.
The other development is that she’s not hungry when she’s tired. She doesn’t just wake up and is willing to eat. She has to be awake for a bit. So, it’s hard to give her meds in the morning and the evening, because she doesn’t want to eat anything. We’ve resorted to just shoving the pills into the back of her mouth, which works. I was worried about it at first, her not wanting to eat, but now I’ve seen it come and go rather predictably, and I’m not so worried about it any more. She’s just not hungry at certain times of day, and as far as I can tell, it has to do with how drowsy she’s feeling.
Those are the Coco updates. Once Liz came home and Coco finally settled down, I was able to get some makeup work done. I’m behind on hours with Netflix because of Coco’s need for pretty much constant attention over the past several days. That felt good. It also felt good to take a nap, which I was able to because Liz was home. Thank you for that, bear. I really, really needed that nap.
Night night.