He is still hopping on one foot mostly. He will stand on all 4, and will shuffle on all 4 (if he is sniffing around the floor for food, for example).
The wounds seem to be on the top of the toes and a smaller central area on top of the foot, and they look all scabbed up. The sides of his foot are all pink and skin
He also doesn't flinch if I accidentally touch his foot anymore.
I am starting to decrease his pain meds a tiny bit; there is usually 1 of his 3 doses that is given less than 8 hours after his previous one: I can't give him the Tramadol every 8 hours on the dot, usually there is 9 hours between doses twice (overnight and during work) and then 7 for the last one. So usually the dose he gets when I get back from work is 1/2 tab instead of 1 since he will get another full dose in 6-7 hours. I have also been giving him 1/2 tablet of Aceprozamine before I leave for work (full dose is 3/4-1 tablet). The gabapentin is a capsule so I can't adjust that easily. I will ask on Friday if I can decrease the Tramadol to 2 tabs every 12 hours, that will make things easier. Until he is walking on it I don't want to decrease it too much.
His cheekiness is hard to handle
The other day he was sitting in a chair and started licking his foo as I was looking at him, and even though I told him 'no!', he kept on licking! Before I got to him he had got a decent amount off, so I had to repeat the wash and dressing
That foot is gonna be a no lick zone for quite a while. At least after it is no longer an open wound I can put a sock on it instead of having to use a cone. His sleeping cone is pretty heavy and he can't keep it upright, so not really good for anything but him sleeping. The lightweight cone he will use to scratch his paw. So neither are great options for whole day use.
oh- and he is jumping on and off the furniture like a pro. when he was hurting really badly, he would wait for me to help him.
Even though the radiation was localized it still put his entire system through trauma and careful sedation would give his body the much needed rest to heal better...as well as give you some peace of mind when you obviously can't realistically be watching him 24/7.
