Kanga's surgery went well, and by the time I got to the vet to pick her up she was perky and eating treats. By the time we'd been home 30 minutes, she'd decided she didn't like her stitches anymore.
I think she only got one out before I caught her. I phoned the vet, and he suggested either making her a collar or wrapping her up like a mummy. When Victor got home (either being a 2-man job) we opted for a modified mummy look. It's causing her a bit of difficulty moving around, and I just noticed (now that it's been about two hours) that she's a little porphyrin-y, so I think it is stressing her out. However, opening up the 2-inch incision would be more stress for us all.
As for Misto...we are not gaining any ground with Misto. While he was sedated, Dr. F was able to really listen to his chest, and there are just no lung sounds at all on the left, and he's lost another 10 g since Wednesday. I got him a can of the A/D food, which he ignored, and Ensure, which he ignored. He did eat a bit of avocado and cheese, and I'll try some risotto when his brothers aren't looking.
I actually said it out loud today, though...I asked Dr. F "Do you think we're nearing the end?" and after a long pause, he just nodded.
I'm not sure what else to say. :(
Posted by Abita at August 15, 2005 08:04 PMAbita,
Do you think if the vet did exploratory surgery on Misto, he might find something else out he could fix? Could he have like a form of asthma? Is there any medicine for that? Poor Misto. I hate this. Could he have a pleurisy where something in the cavity was pushing up against the lung and squeezing it? A puncture? Could he have a piece of food lodged in an air tube?
When my Joe had surgery and ate his stitches out at midnite, we had to take some used x-ray film and fashion a tiny rat Elizabethan collar with duct tape holding it and tape around the neck to cushion it, and I had to feed Joe by hand cuz he couldn't get his snout in the bowl. The wrap never worked on my other guy. They will eat the strings from the elastic wrap. God bless you two for trying so hard for your little guys.
Posted by: Eanna at August 15, 2005 10:14 PMGlad to hear Kanga is doing ok, So sorry to hear about Misto...
I hope he is not suffering too much.
give him a pat for me and Rufus and Reuben
colleen
rufus and reuben.
Unfortunately, we tried the asthma drugs back with the nebulizer toward the start of it all, and surgery would mean breaking his ribs. That was why Dr. F wanted to try using a scope, but the specialist thought even that was too risky. :(
His breathing is a little less grunty tonight, and I got him to eat some macaroni & cheese and some beans. (My refrigerator is now full of rejected food: pudding, three kinds of baby food, high-cal dog food). He is resting now...Dr. F is still hoping that he'll improve more tomorrow.
Posted by: abita at August 16, 2005 09:12 PMOh, I'm so sorry. :( Poor Misto- Poor you. Our thoughts are with you...
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