I wish you the best of luck with this part.
After my Husky had her Knee operation, she had to be in her crate for 2 weeks. She was not happy, and was thrashing, and flailing around. We thought that she would injure herself in the cage, she was doing so much thrashing.
We had to section off our upstairs, where she pissed all over the carpet, but she was much more managable.
Good luck with everything.