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Buttons' spay

Oh no I’m so sorry to hear this. She was doing so well. You must be devastated. Sending you a massive hug 🤗 and healing vibes to Buttons ❤️
 
So sorry to hear that Buttons isn't doing too well. The poor girl has been through so much. Sending healing vibes from me and the piggies.💕💕
 
I'm very sorry!
My piggies never had any problems with Metacam. How much do you give her? Maybe you could try Novalgin instead?
Bumblefoot can come very fast unfortunately. :(
 
Oh no, she was doing so well! Get better soon Buttons, you're doing so well, keep going. You've got this! 🤞❤️
 
How is Buttons this morning? Any small improvement is a win. I’m sorry things have taken a step backwards. You’re doing an amazing job, please don’t forget that. Lots of hugs for you and healing wheeks for Buttons.
 
Buttons is still much the same as yesterday. She had a huge burst of energy yesterday afternoon from about 4pm where she was running around the whole time eating hay, destroying her new grass hidey, coming to the bars for pellets when mum visited. Unfortunately, as quickly as it came on it stopped again at 9pm and since then she‘s mostly been laying down with only little energy and little to no interest in hay. There‘s also barely any of her poops in the cage. It isn’t hugely surprising because she eats most of them and if she hasn’t eaten for herself Friday night there isn’t much coming out the back end anyways because I wasn’t in to feed her from late afternoon on Friday to Saturday early morning.

Her front paw has a huge scab on the foot pad but isn’t red or hot. Her back foot is a little red with what looks like it‘ll be a scab soon but is also not hot or hugely swollen. After talking to my vet yesterday I‘ve started bathing her feet in something called Retterspitz which is great for pulling infections out and Ravinol which is a disinfectant that also works well for inflammation. And then I am to put on some Traumeel cream and try to bandage her feet during the nighttime. During daytime they should be unbandaged so the feet get enough air to heal. We‘ll see how they develop and should she start to swell or her feet start to get hot and clearly infected we‘ll start antibiotics immediately.

She is 30g heavier than when I weighed her yesterday but it‘s not super accurate because yesterday’s weigh in was in the afternoon. But I‘m confident she isn’t losing a so that’s at least something. Overall, I think it‘s safe to say that we‘re both very tired!
 
I'm glad to hear she's made a small improvement, and hopefully the vet's recommendations will help her feet.
Do look after yourself too, I know how draining it is to care for a poorly piggy. ❤
 
Poor little lady, sending loads of healing vibes, you are doing everything you can, hang in there x
 
Sending you a big hug and healing thoughts for Buttons. I hope that she continues to improve. You are doing all you can to help her.xx
 
Thank you all for your kind words, they‘re greatly appreciated as always ❤️ We have managed to bandage her little footsies but it was quite the fight. Her front paw wasn’t much of an issue but the back paw was a completely different story as she hates being touched there. So between Buttons panicking and pulling her leg away multiple times and me running on a very short fuse after these last 2 weeks it was everything but a pretty picture. I felt so guilty for having to put her through it as I could see how scared and stressed she was - it opened my flood gates and I probably had the biggest cry since helping Benito over the rainbow bridge. All in all not a great experience for either of us. But the bandages are on and holding well so far and she‘s moving around as always with them on. Already dreading having to do the same thing tomorrow :(

Other than that she‘s much the same as she was yesterday night. Not really interested in any food, moving between 2 hideys, nibbling a little bit of hay every now and again and munching her grass hidey. She did come out today to have a little munch for 2 minutes when I put new hay in so that’s the slightest of improvements. There‘s also been no poops from her since yesterday afternoon. She doesn’t look or feel bloated so either she‘s eating them all or her digestion isn’t working as well as I‘d assumed yet. I will start with poop soup again as this seemed to have helped her well the last two times but I think I might‘ve stopped too soon. Fingers crossed it‘ll help again.

I‘m also trying to give her long breaks between handling as she really doesn’t like it and it just stresses her out which in turn isn’t helping her gut to settle. I will fight for and with her for however long I feel like she has the will to soldier on. For now she still has some fight in her but I can feel it getting less and less with every day and I know that any further issue would mean the end of the road for her. I knew the surgery was risky but I never thought that it would be this much of a battle to keep her going.

It‘s seriously one of the hardest things I‘ve ever done. On one hand I‘m thankful that I had these last couple of weeks off because it gave me the chance to care for her properly but I‘m also grieving the time because it was meant to be my time to relax and gather some strength for a very stressful and packed second half of the year. And let me tell you, there was absolutely nothing relaxing about this holiday & I also didn’t gather any strength. More like used it all. Life always has a different plan, doesn’t it?
 
Buttons is still the same today. Not better, not worse. I‘ve been back at work today so not sure how much she‘s been eating and moving all day but the scales will tell me the answer to the first one tomorrow morning. I found the first few poops of hers she didn’t eat in the cage today so I‘m hoping her gut is slowly starting to rebalance. ä

The scab on her front paw came off last night before bed. I was expecting lots and lots of blood and a big hole in her foot but to my surprise there was nothing like that. It bled the tiniest of bits and she had a little open spot to the right of her paw pad which I disinfected and put some of the honey cream on that we got from our vet for her belly wound. The open spot has scabbed over nicely and the front paw is neither red nor massively swollen. It's obviously still a bit thicker but nothing drastic. Her back paw looks a little worse but that might just be because of it's colour. It looks a bit like a bruise with a dry/sore spot in the middle. It's not swollen as far as I can tell and also doesn't feel hot. She doesn't seem to be in pain when walking, yesterday she was even jumping down from the upper floor.

She is having bursts of energy that last anywhere from an hour to 5 hours where she is almost back to normal. But just as quickly as these bursts come on, they stop and she goes to lay down and doesn’t really get up again for hours on end. Almost as if she was exerting herself too much. But I‘m trying to see the good hours as something positive and I‘m hoping they‘ll get more frequent and longer and will replace the „bad“ hours.
 
I think that's really good news, it seems like all your hard work is finally starting to pay off.
I'm glad her paw is on the mend too. :)

When humans are recovering from a taxing illness they go through periods of ups and downs too, it can be exhausting trying to do everything all at once.

I hope the scales bring more good news in the morning for you.
 
ScrufflesRules said:
I think that's really good news, it seems like all your hard work is finally starting to pay off.
I'm glad her paw is on the mend too. :)

When humans are recovering from a taxing illness they go through periods of ups and downs too, it can be exhausting trying to do everything all at once.

I hope the scales bring more good news in the morning for you.
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Thank you for the reminder that healing isn't linear and ups and downs are normal. You tend to lose sight of these things when you're in such difficult situation. :)

Her weight is thankfully stable between 950g and 985g (975g this morning). I'm currently topping her up 3 times a day á 15ml. Yesterday it was 2x 15ml and 1x 10ml because she was fighting me so much and I didn't want to put her through any more discomfort last night so she was 10g lighter today compared to yesterday but I'm not worried about that.
 
So sorry little Buttons is putting you through the mill. She is doing ok by the sounds of it, these illnesses
take their toll on us more than we realise and are so emotionally charged. We would do anything to make them better. Make sure you take good care of yourself too x
 
Bill & Ted said:
So sorry little Buttons is putting you through the mill. She is doing ok by the sounds of it, these illnesses
take their toll on us more than we realise and are so emotionally charged. We would do anything to make them better. Make sure you take good care of yourself too x
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They really do, don't they? I didn't realise just how much of a toll all of this is taking on me until I tried to bandage her feet for the first time and had a proper breakdown cry when we still hadn't managed a single foot after 30 minutes. I'm pretty sure Buttons was more terrified of the sounds I was making than she was of getting her feet bandaged. I wouldn't have been surprised if she held out her leg to bandage it just to make me stop crying 😂 I am planning on having a bit of a self-care evening today with yoga, cooking & a nice bubble bath xx
 
Buttons is having a good day today! She‘s been out pretty much since I got home 2 hours ago, is pestering Pewter through the bars and has been drinking from the water bottle for the first time in a week! Her poops have almost returned to normal shape, size & colour and she‘s been munching on hay quite a bit. Clearly our gut rebuilding regimen is finally taking effect! Mostly thanks to Pewter and her perfectly placed piles of fresh poop whenever I need them.

There is still no swelling to her feet, the wound on her front paw is slowly healing and her back paw has started to peel this evening. It’s like there‘s a layer of dead skin on the sole of her foot that is now slowly peeling off. Reminds me a bit of when a freshly done tattoo starts peeling tbh 😂 She doesn’t seem to be in any pain when walking so that’s great.

She has some thickening on her incision so I sent my vet a picture but since it isn’t hot, painful, red or disappearing when I push on it she’s fairly confident it‘s just a bit of thickening rather than anything more sinister like an abscess or a hernia. Should it get worse or if it starts looking like there’s some sort of inflammation I am to call her. She is a gem, I couldn’t have asked for a better vet in all of this.

Overall, today is a really good day & I am so glad she‘s feeling better. Every good today is a cause for celebration in this house at the moment ❤️
 
I’m so pleased Buttons has had such a good day. Keep it up gorgeous ❤️
 
What lovely news. I hope that Buttons continues to have lots of good days.xx
 
Buttons still seemed quite chipper this morning and was bumbling about the cage. Her belly finally seems to be recovering properly and picking up speed! It has been a bit slow which means she was always a little bloated and "full" but since yesterday afternoon things seem to be improving. Her weight was down to 944g this morning but considering all the poop she got rid off and the pesky gas that is finally leaving her body it's not at all surprising that she's lost some. And she is clearly feeling so much better than she had been this past week so I'm celebrating it as a success.

Her feet appear to be healing too. Very slowly obviously but they're going in the right direction so that's a win too. I realised this morning that the little lady is VERY ticklish on her left front paw and will do a little jump & her surprised "no touchy touchy"-noise every now and again when I'm putting cream on it 😂
 
I hope that Buttons is continuing to improve after this rather bumpy recovery. Having recently lost a young piggy after an emergency spay i'm so happy that she has made it through this. I have been thinking of you both often and i'm so happy that this has ended well for her. xx
 
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