Post-op Day 2 with video - our girl is not a morning dog

Here are a few videos of post-op day 2 morning.  After picking her up the morning after the surgery, we started our drive back to SF and stopped in Breckenridge, CO for the night.  These videos show Miley the next morning - groggy, out of it (likely an effect of the Ace, the sedative we had her on to avoid hyperactivity in the acute phase of the post-op).  We requested that Miley be given a sedative after the surgery because Miley is a very high energy animal and when she gets a mind to it she can act like an acrobat.  We didn't want her causing herself harm after the surgery during the critical phase of the activity restriction/recovery.  Miley was administered the sedative on and off as needed whenever it seemed like she was getting too antsy for the first 3 days post op.  We discontinued use all together on day 3 once we arrived home and she had her own recovery-safe place to rest instead of toughing it out in the back of our vehicle on the drive. She had a sleepless night (and so did we).  These videos show her sutures, her temperament after surgery, and how reluctant she is to walk (dragging her tightrope leg on the ground without towel assist).  Her tightrope leg was enormous compared to the non-tightrope leg.  We used a heat pack on the way to Breckenridge as instructed by our surgeon.  In the morning, we did notice improvement.  The most important thing to monitor was continous day-to-day improvement, no worsening.