I arrived back home after a long day of flying at 1am and used all of my self control not to visit until the next morning. The truth is that the ICU is a place to heal and where dogs need to get their rest … not necessarily be smothered by their overly worried owners in the middle of the night. Of course coming home to a photo in an email of Grover hanging out with his three favorite students helped ease my mind — he was in the best care possible.
The next morning we stopped at McDonalds to pick up a breakfast sandwich for him (last I heard he still was not eating), a few for his devoted students, technicians and residents and at Starbucks to pick up appreciation lattes for his team. You can imagine my surprise when Grover comes hoping out to meet me in the lobby! Tears of joy and hugs all around! Grover had a great night — he was able to get off of the fentanyl and with that his appetite returned. He had eaten a full breakfast, was able to get up on his own, go outside to go to the bathroom. It turns out our “morning visit” turned into morning pick up! 36 hours after surgery we were ready to go home!
A video of Grover sound asleep on his favorite couch after coming home — he climbed up all on his own before I could stop him! 
Hi jkopper, my girl is post-op day one. I’m still in shock at what I see. I thought this would be a place to get some comfort and insight. Grover is adorable!!
Hi Sadesumm — thinking of you guys <3. The first two weeks are a roller coaster, but I can honestly say that by day 3 I knew that without a doubt I would make the same decision all over again based on how much happier G was compared to pre-amputation. I hope your pup has a smooth recovery <3