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#41 ·
Pobrecita... She has a cute bandage, and it's signed!
 
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Heheh, I think that's the date it was put on, because it needs to be changed on a schedule. But my coworkers son was in the clinic today hanging out with our reception area cats and he signed Winry's cast before we left :)
 
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Ohmigosh! She purred! For the first time since I've met I just heard Winly purring. It was because I took her out onto the floor for a nice stretch and gave her the cat grass, which she absolutely adores. :-D She was nibbling on it and purring and being very cute.
 
#44 ·
It must be a wonderful feeling to her. She's suddenly feeling loved, safe and cared for. Excellent job Rachel :)

You're good people!
 
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Sadly, it was short lived because the boys came home and stomped in through the front door with their big gargantuan boots, which scared her. I finally got her to relax and go to the bathroom. After that we did some PROM therapy and that didn't leave her feeling very happy. She's such a gentle little soul, even during the therapy which she obviously hated, she had plenty of clear open chanced to bite me but the most she did was touch her teeth to my hand to let me know she'd had enough. Today we started with 20 minutes of hot compress before moving on to the movements. I was getting some good flexion in her toes and we worked out the hock a little more but not much. We also got a little bit of hip movement in there. The rest of her leg, especially her stifle. is just too stiff. We finished up with some gentle massage and it has left her exhausted and ready for another nap. The poor little dear, I feel so horrible for her and I hate the physical therapy. I don't like to cause her pain. But it's vital we get some movement and circulation in that leg or her muscles have no hope of ever recovering. :-(

A couple more pictures coming soon. And a video of Winry and the cat grass! :)
 
#46 ·
It's such a shame you can't explain to her why you're doing what you're doing, but I suspect on some level she understands that you're trying to help her. I hope she has a speedy recovery.
 
#47 ·
RachandNito said:
Heheh, I think that's the date it was put on, because it needs to be changed on a schedule. But my coworkers son was in the clinic today hanging out with our reception area cats and he signed Winry's cast before we left :)
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Awwww... I saw that the bandage (or cast?) was signed also by a lot of kittens with their paws :)

Winry and Rachel, you're two saints!
 
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Last therapy for the night went pretty well! She was getting a bit upset with me but I have her pet grass near by and she suddenly took it out on the grass. It was pretty cute! And it distracted her and I felt her muscles actually relax for a moment, and her hock relaxed. She loves that stuff, I have it next to her kennel and she paws at it through the bars. Bought it on a whim at the grocery store for a dollar, turns out to be a dollar well spent :)

I'll have to post those pictures tomorrow, I got a bit caught up tonight.
 
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RachandNito said:
Last therapy for the night went pretty well! She was getting a bit upset with me but I have her pet grass near by and she suddenly took it out on the grass. It was pretty cute! And it distracted her and I felt her muscles actually relax for a moment, and her hock relaxed. She loves that stuff, I have it next to her kennel and she paws at it through the bars. Bought it on a whim at the grocery store for a dollar, turns out to be a dollar well spent :)
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She probably feels better when the discomfort of the manpulations goes away. Anybody who has had a limb immobilised has no doubt experienced similar dscomfort followed by relief. I'm sure she knows why you're doing it.

Is real it real grass or artificial?
 
#51 ·
I agree with you about her name, I like Winly much better. It's good to hear that she is doing so well. I am sure that little girl will thrive under your care.
 
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It's the real grass, the stuff you can buy in the store.

We just got back from a long day at the clinic. She was sedated to have her cast changed and so that we could work out her right leg while the cast was off. It's worn out now and Winry is suffering from a very severe type of pain called "Wind up pain". Basically she's been SO painful for SO long that now neurons that normally transmit pleasant feelings, such as touch, are firing off to transmit pain. The slightest touch can set her off violently, and she attacks her cast fiercely and thrashes around. I've just given her a dose of her pain meds and it'll take a half hour to take effect. Until then I have to hold her down to keep her calm and keep her from hurting herself :-( They're looking into to some way of getting her morphine I can administer at home but it's really not an easy thing to do since morphine is such an easily abused drug. She may also be getting a fentanyl patch.
 
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RachandNito said:
We just got back from a long day at the clinic. She was sedated to have her cast changed and so that we could work out her right leg while the cast was off. It's worn out now and Winry is suffering from a very severe type of pain called "Wind up pain". Basically she's been SO painful for SO long that now neurons that normally transmit pleasant feelings, such as touch, are firing off to transmit pain. The slightest touch can set her off violently, and she attacks her cast fiercely and thrashes around. I've just given her a dose of her pain meds and it'll take a half hour to take effect. Until then I have to hold her down to keep her calm and keep her from hurting herself :-( They're looking into to some way of getting her morphine I can administer at home but it's really not an easy thing to do since morphine is such an easily abused drug. She may also be getting a fentanyl patch.
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Poor little girl. Any idea how long this type of pain is expected to last?
 
#55 ·
Is there any action that can be taken on her past owners? Surely leaving her in such a condition for such a long time is considered animal abuse.....even if it's just a slap on the wrist it would keep them from being able to adopt an animal from a shelter or be able to own pets at all....
 
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I'm not sure, but I know that bones take at the very least, 4 weeks to heal. I am hoping that her pain will start to subside, but with Wind-Up it can really complicate things. Anyways, she has to get another surgery in 2 weeks or so, to remove the pin and then we're gonna be totally regressing as far as pain progress goes, because she'l be fresh from surgery with yet another new source of pain. Poor girl, this breaks my heart. At least I got her to calm down now.

She was refusing to chill so I cut a towel into an 8 inch wide and 2 foot long strip to wrap around her belly. I used it to support her weight so she could "walk" around using her two front legs. She cruised around my room a little, sniffed a few things, and seemed to be in a better mood. She's even attempting to place weight on her legs but I'm not letting her. The most I let her do is stand in a "normal" position- as normal as I can for her- with most of the weight of her backend supported by the towel.

Now she's back in her cage on a nice soft bed with a heating pad. I situated her so she could lay on her back with her back legs propped up. She seems comfortable and is now asleep. I'm not doing any physical therapy with her tonight if she continues to go through such severe wind-up tonight.
 
Discussion starter · #58 ·
Is there any action that can be taken on her past owners? Surely leaving her in such a condition for such a long time is considered animal abuse.....even if it's just a slap on the wrist it would keep them from being able to adopt an animal from a shelter or be able to own pets at all....
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I'm not sure, I need to discuss this with my boss more. We just got done with a huge lawsuit where the previous owners of a dog, Emmi, that was signed over were trying to get her back. They'd signed her over and we'd done more than $5,000 worth of work to get her well again. The owners were pulling total nonsense trying to get her back and of course they didn't win. We just don't have the kind of money at the shelter/clinic to be dealing with lawsuits, especially when nothing seems to ever come of it.

In happier news, we spayed/neutered over 100 animals today! Crazy, crazy day!
 
#59 ·
I would be willing to be there would be a local(ish) lawyer willing to do volunteer work and help you guys out with cases like this.....
 
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