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Thanks everybody. My 6.30 pm message said she hadn't eaten at that point but had got up and had a little wander around.
Topping up the vibes for Lolly xx
Thanks so much for the good wishes. Sorry for the late reply everyone, life got a bit chaotic (as ever).
Lolly is still at the vets, she's okay in herself, ear healing well, she's now off Tramadol and she's just starting to eat well but poos not very big so they want her to stay until they are happy with the poos. With the original plan she was going to go back to see the vet on the Monday so the vet whose overseeing her will be in tomorrow and decide on a plan.
She has to go back the week after to have the stitches out and a clean up under sedation.
Just a quick update.
Lolly was home for a week then had to go back to have the stitches out. It's all healing nicely, the protocol at the vets I use is to just leave the ear for a week after surgery and then do a big clean up under sedation whilst removing the stitches. The specialist looked in on her and was very happy with how it's healing. She coped really well with that vet admission and apparently was quite friendly rather than timid this time. I have some cream to put on the slightly sore areas for a fortnight then she has a post-op check. She's taken quite a liking to willow in the meantime so I've been kept busy gathering it for her