Yeppers! Precisely. It's to make sure the inflammation is controlled. If she is feeling better she is going to want to be more active which means you have your hands full keeping her quiet. Vet once told me it's better to have them 'hurt' just a little so they stay quieter and give themselves a chance to heal.
There is a Pennsylvania Dutch recipe for pot pie that isn't a pot pie at all but chicken or beef cooked in broth then you drop these big flat square 'noodles' into the broth and simmer till the noodles are tender. There is also a 'sauce' you can make to serve over it that is a sweet and sour vinegar in milk sweetened, salt and pepper with shredded lettuce mixed with it. Some call it Amish Pot Pie but my father who was Pennsylvania Dutch always called it German pot pie. Stuff was devilishly delicious.
I would under the circumstances. Shame to let it go to waste. Nothing does around here. If the dogs don't get it mixed with their meal, the chickens get it. Never saw them turn their beaks up at anything.
sweet dreams
Good night, Becky.
