It sounds like you have great veterinary support which is SO helpful. Fantastic news about the poop!! (Only here would everyone understand that.... ) I hope he continues to improve!!
Having just been through it -- twice -- with Flurry, I feel your pain about keeping him quiet. Flurry is my wild child and it's near impossible to keep her down. I hate medicating them but as you've found, Trazadone and Gabapentin are your friends. I kept adjusting the Trazadone dose until I had it right where it took the edge off but didn't completely knock her out. Enforced rest in a crate is a must too when you can't watch him and also overnight. Flurry usually is not a happy camper in a crate but she settled right down during recovery and slept which was really helpful and let me get some sleep too.
Really hoping the coming weeks bring the end of this chapter for you and Benny!
The first few days are always the worst and can cause despair, but it will settle down. Hopefully you've found the right timing and dosing of his meds to keep him comfortable. And YAY for poop!!!!
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