Why won't my dog eat, stand or walk 9 days after surgery?

[Cris01help]

I recently found my 9 year old papillon in a bad way with her eye out of it's socket. She could still walk etc, and had no other obvious injuries. I took her to the vet, who saw some fractured ribs. They did an operation to remove her eye, and since then she won't stand, walk or eat. I've been giving her Nutrigel, to sustain her, and I can get her to drink either water or pet milk. It has been 9 days since the surgery and the vet has no ideas about what is now wrong with her. After the injury, but before the surgery, she was in much better shape than she is now. She is urinating and passed a bowel movement. I have seen her move each leg, to get more comfortable, so it doesn't seem to be paralysis, and with the Nutrigel, it can't be blood sugar either. Any ideas?

[JanisM13]

woops..sent that too soon...
I gave Sweetie Nurtical every 3 hours before food,this must
be like the Nutrigel you are using(?) and sorry to tell you but
I fed her the chicken/baby rice cereal,bananas and sweet
potatoes round the clock to stimulate her appetite and put
something in her tummy...every 5 hours,day and through
the night into the morning.
I HOPE THINGS TURN AROUND VERY SOON.
PLEASE come back and let us know how your fur baby is
doing...
Jan

[Cris01help]

Thanks Jan, she was given antibiotics and tramadol for pain relief. She is still on antibiotics- precautionary only, and I took her off the tramadol after a week, because the side effects are similar to what she is going through. I asked the vet, and she agreed this could be the cause, but said if it is side effects to the tramadol, it should go away after 12 hours, and it's now been 3 days since her last dose. I really hope you're right about her balance and pain causing it. It's very distressing to see. I will try your food suggestions and see what happens. I'll keep you posted.

[JanisM13]

Ok so I had a Chihuahua several years ago who had her eye
removed due to a severe scratch on her eye that got infected
and "Sweetie pie" acted similar. One, she was in pain,has your
vet given pain meds(?) she had them for 7 days post surgery,
she did not understand at first it's HUGE difference in her sight
and vision,this took about 4 months for her to fully adjust.
Since she IS DRINKING water or pet milk,I would try using
Greber baby chicken,use some rice baby cereal mixed with
water since cereal will thicken the chicken a bit.I used a very
small spoon,to feed her,in the front of her mouth and scraped
the sppon on the top( roof) of her mouth and she ate it,I fed
her this every 5 hours.
I also fed her Gerber sweet potaotes by spoon,and bananas
by spoon about 15 minutes after the chicken/cereal to stimulate
her appetite.(yams for the fiber and bananas for potasium)
Sweetie's normal appetite kicked in after 2 days,I gave her
her kibble (moistened with hot water,left water on for 2-3
minutes then drained off) and mixed in some good quality
canned in the moist kibble.
LOTS OF PETS,LOTS OF LOVING AND CUDDLES,she
did fine and lived to be 16 years old,it's just a HUGE,MAJOR
shock to her body and system after loosing the eye at first,
think of IF YOU HAD JUST LOST ONE EYE,SHE NEEDS
LOVE AND COMFORT and pain meds as she will be in
pain at first.
She also may not have good balance as TWO EYES help
us all,human and animal have correct pereferal vision to
see thing the correct way,Sweetie acted "drunk" and unsure
of her balance at first,say for 8-10 days after her surgery but
then she balanced things out fine.
Jan