Last year my dog Haley had surgery. At that time, she was 9yrs. old. She is super sensitive to anything happening to her body, a total woos about pain. I picked her up around 6pm. She was moving surprisingly well. Pain meds were given to her before leaving the vet office.
She was tired but clearly REALLY glad to get home. The night of her surgery, I applied Young Living Lavender topically on the surgery site directly along the length of the incision. I then applied a small bit of Animal Scents Ointment on top of the lavender right along the incision site to seal in the essential oil and to keep the incision soft. There are essential oils in the ointment as well that are great for healing skin wounds and they have a soothing effect as well.
The morning after surgery she was not moving around much, I assume due to pain. I decided to give her a lot of Young Living Essential Oils mixed directly into her food with her breakfast so that she got the oils internally. I was carefully watching her response to the oils to determine if she also needed pain meds or if the essential oils were enough.
In her food, I used 20 drops each of Young Living Peppermint, Vetiver and Palo Santo to ease pain and to speed up the healing time.
Please note that Haley has been used to getting Young Living Essential Oils in her food ever since she was a pup. However, this was by far the most volume I had given her at one time! If she were not used to ingesting these oils, I would have started out with only a few drops at first to see how she responded.
And, please note, I would ONLY give her Young Living Oils internally and I would never try to use anything other than these therapeutic, medicinal grade, essential oils for these purposes because I totally trust the quality in each batch of oils from Young Living.
Shortly after breakfast she went outside together. She promptly laid down. After about 10 minutes she started moving around a tiny bit. Each time she moved around, she did so for a bit longer. Then, after the 3rd time she got up to move around, her tail went up, she mustered a few tail wags and then she had a big long pee. About a half hour after I gave the oils internally in her breakfast she had a small darkish poop. Finally she was where I had hoped she would be the morning after the surgery. I felt better seeing that she was feeling better enough to be moving around, tail wagging and that she had peed and pooped.
Because she seemed so comfortable after taking the oils internally, I chose not to give her any of the subscription pain meds. Each day, I gauged how she was moving around and what her comfort level was in order to help me determine if she needed any pain meds or more essential oils internally.
The 1st day after surgery I continued with 2 doses of oils internally. She was a bit tired, but otherwise she was moving around easily through the day. I used Lavender again topically 1-2 times that day to help the surgery site heal well. I used Young Living Lavender directly on the surgery site without diluting it. She had no reactions at all. Except that she seemed to feel better. Within 24 hours, the redness around the surgery incision site decreased with the use of Lavender directly on it.
The 2nd day after surgery I again gave oils internally in her food with her breakfast and dinner. However, I decreased the amount to about 10 drops of Peppermint, Palo Santo and Vetiver since she seemed so comfortable.
On the third day, she only needed the oils internally in the morning. She seemed fine after that without any internal oils at all, just continuing with Lavender topically on the incision site and a bit of Animal Scents Ointment to seal in the Lavender and help the surgery site heal.
Typically the staples would be removed after 10 days. In 7 days, she had half of the staples removed because it was healing so fast, and a few days later, she had the rest taken out.
The vet was very surprised that she never needed any pain meds once she was home and was impressed with how quickly and well the surgery site healed.
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Hi! I have a 5 year old male unsterilised schanuzer. He have had weight loss since may’10, no matter what I feed him he doesn’t seem to put on weight. Sent him for a vet check up together with a blood test, the vet told me he only have digestive problem. I have been feeding him with all kinds of digestive aid which doesn’t help him at all. So I bought him to another vet for a 2nd opinion with a detail blood test and found out that he had low thyroid issue, not only that his red blood count is low and he also have tick fever (babesia). The vet had prescribe him with medication on thyroid. The recent review on 8 Jan 11, show that his T4 is <26 nmo/L. But his red blood count is still low and compare to the reading taken in Nov'10 it had drop, his white blood count is higher which means he still have got the tick fever in him. And worse of all, he doesn't drink enough water as such his bun is high. I have been adding water in his food.
May I know what kind of essential oil would you recommen for him?
I have another old dog who is 11 years old who have had arthritis and cataract. May I know what would you recommen?
Hello,
Thanks for your questions. I can hear your concern for your dog’s health growing, and the frustration you have had in finding out what is going on.
From your description, your dog seems to have multiple things going on;
Weight loss, digestive problem, tick fever, low thyroid, low red blood cell count, high white cell count, and high BUN.
This series of symptoms is indicating that an increasing number of organs and functions are being effected and are gaining in the level of seriousness from my perspective. I would recommend that you find a holistic vet who can look at the entire picture and work with acupuncture and Chinese herbs to help your dog’s immune system, kidney health, thyroid health, and digestion.
There is not a case of just one oil to manage all of this.
Please see this website to see if your dog’s digestive issues matches any of these symptoms;
http://www.epi4dogs.com/
I can recommend some therapeutic grade essential oils for overall wellness and which oils have been seen to help support various areas of health. I recommend using ONLY therapeutic grade essential oils such as Young Living.
Thyroid support; a blend called Endoflex and myrtle have been shown to be supportive of thyroid health.
Immune support; a blend called Immupower
Kidney and bladder support; a tincture called K&B that is made by Young Living
Overall digestion; a blend called DiGize
For Arthritis, there are a number of essential oils that have been very helpful for inflammation and pain;
Again, I only recommend using therapeutic grade essential oils.
Wintergreen, a blend called Pan Away, Deep Relief – another blend; and Copaiba.
For related articles;
http://onehearthealingcenter.com/2010/10/11/sulferzyme-the-ultimate-msm-support-for-muscles-joints-and-skin/
http://onehearthealingcenter.com/2010/10/13/young-living-essential-oils-blm-superior-support-for-bones-ligaments-and-muscles/
I am happy to help you order these if needed. See my website, http://www.onehearthealingcenter.com under oils for more information.
And I offer consultations to go in more depth and offer energy healing sessions if interested. See my website under services; http://www.onehearthealingcenter.com
Hope this helps!
Sandy
We just brought my dog home from having his annual dental cleaning and he is still pretty sleepy and uncomfortable from the sedative and procedure. Are there any oils that he could benefit from. I want to help him.
Hi Sara, I like to use the oils that the animal has been used to already. For overall support, I love Valor and lavender for instance. One of my favorite ways is to put a few drops on my hands and wipe down their spine. Here is a video that might be helpful on using Valor with dogs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUD7dcuaaic. And, here is another video on using Tellington TTouch with dogs which I have also used after surgery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1kxgLWKH3w Best wishes for a speedy recovery.