My Lovely Angel Luna

So happy that Luna ate all of her dinner, and I am hoping she is feeling much better in the morning. I keep hibiclens and vetericyn on hand also, they often come in handy. I like your plan for tomorrow Marianne. Is she peeing lots more from the prednisone? You might need to take that into account.

I will be up for a while yet, and will make sure that I check in when I am up for Jasper's pit stop in the wee hours. I hope you are able to get some sleep and that things look much better in the morning.

Hugs from me and Jasper xo

Sounds like you have a solid plan Marianne for in the morning. Hoping Luna is better and no vet needed of course.

Maybe if you put a treat or a toy on the loveseat, Peg will take that and you can grab the couch. They are pretty sneaky about getting up into those really good spots and then looking all innocent when you want it back. LOL

I'll be heading to bed soon but will check in before I go to make sure everything's okay. Try to get some sleep. It's been a long couple days. I'll take the ipad to bed with me. LOL

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Sharlene and molly muffin

It is a very good sign that Luna ate all of her meal, most dogs in pain do not so maybe that would mean that Luna is not as distressed as we think. Hope you both get a good nights sleep and sending healing energy your way.

Love and hugs, Lori

I always take my IPad or Mini to bed with me. Now that's plain sad! lol

Be the alpha. Claim the couch!:D lol

So glad that you have tomorrow's plan figured out. Poor Luna. That must really hurt.:o I am thrilled that she's eating though.

Going out tomorrow to the pharmacy. Time to stock the medicine cabinet with all of Glynda's suggestions.

Try to get some rest tonight. I'll check back in a little later in case you can't sleep.

((((((Hugs))))))

Well Marianne, it's 10:15 here, so that's 1:15 AM there. I am hoping that everyone in your house is peacefully snoozing by now. Luna has got to be exhausted, poor thing. Hopefully she'll be able to sleep some too. I am going to bed soon here myself, so I'll check in with you in the morning. xxxxoooo

Hi gang, it's the 3 a.m. potty break for Luna. I wasn't sure whether she would really need to go out because surprisingly she has not wanted to drink all that much water (and it turned out she didn't need to go very badly). But I had roused and wanted to give her the chance. And hurray, she and I managed it by ourselves up-and-down a ramp hubs and I set up last night over the two front steps into the yard. She actually started out pretty strong but clearly ended up hurting pretty bad again and is tucked back in her corner. But I'll take this as first good thing of the day -- we girls handled potty break on our own! Don't think the leg looks any better, but hopefully it won't look any worse, either, in the morning. OK, back to "bed" again (the loveseat since Peg reclaimed the couch while I was outside).

Whew, what a relief! Way to go girls! :p So glad you were able to get Luna out by yourself. It is amazing what we can do when we have to. I was up with Rosie's potty break myself. Well, can't blame Peg for reclaiming the couch.;) That's probably her usual sleeping place. Try to get some more sleep. You have already had one good thing for today, so you're way ahead. ;)

Hugs,

Well, we are back in from Jasper's 3 AM potty break, central time. :rolleyes: I see we have had company. :D Good job girls for navigating the trip out by yourselves!! I'm hoping her leg looks a bit better in the morning. It's good that she is able to settle and rest some rather than being up and restless. Aww, Peg stealing her spot back on the couch, so cute. :) Hope you are able to get some more sleep Marianne. Back to bed for a little while for me too.

Crikey, just catching up on Luna. Poor wee girl, so sorry to hear about her sore paw!

I to am wondering about the sting, bite angle. Plus whether she has trod on something that has stuck into her paw that you cannot see. Or else caught the dew claw on something that has caused trauma. I hope she does not have a temperature that might indicate more systemic infection.

Those interdigital cysts can be nasty, Flynny has had a couple of those in the last six months or so. Antibiotics cleared them up, I also soaked his paw in warmed saline solution to clean it up. I used to hold his paw in the solution for a good 10 minutes or so. I have not heard of the Epsom Salts soak, so that is interesting. I also applied a cream called Neotopic that has hydrocortisone, neomycin an antibiotic and lignocaine - local anaesthetic in it. Worked well.

If she is not chewing at it, I would not cover it, it is not like she is getting it in mucky situations. It drove my boy mad if I bandaged it.

I hope it is better in the morning Marianne and that you managed to get a bit of sleep too on your loveseat! Pleased your own vet back tomorrow, nothing like dealing with those that know you best xxx

Hope you went back to sleep after the 3am potty break.

How is Luna this morning, has she been out yet? How long does she need to take the pred?

I hope the swelling has gone down