Monday, August 14, 2006
Beginning to bloom, slowly
Flower's surgery went fine. She stayed at the vet's office 4 days afterwards and came home Saturday evening. She was alert when I picked her up and she purred when I talked to her, but once I set the carrier down in the car - she stared at me for a little while and then fell asleep. So asleep that I was able to stop by the pet store on the way home and when I came back to the car she was still 'resting'. Thank goodness!
I set her up in the bathroom, as it is the only room that I can shut the doors on and be able to keep her confined to a small area. Plus it is linoleum, which is a darn good thing because mere hours after setting her up with her new bed, blankets, scratching post, food dishes, and litterbox, she was sick and there was poo everywhere! Luckily everything washes fine and continues to wash and rewash fine!
I can tell that today she has more energy than even yesterday, so that's a great sign. Once she gets all of her energy back, though, it is going to be nearly impossible to keep her from climbing all over and gong nuts from confinement! She has stitches on her rump - from the surgery for the broken hip joint - and stitches on her belly from the spaying. I haven't been able to get pics of the belly yet, but here is how her rump looks. There has been no bleeding or puffiness, which is such a relief. She gets oral antibiotics which she loves...ha.
That's my hand! I have big mits for a gal, but still, check out how tiny she is! And such a tiny thing having two big surgeries together.
Poor, poor, pitiful Flower
"I hate this freakin collar!"
See how in the second photo her foot is curling under? This is the thing that concerns me the most - she has to drag that foot around (and the leg sometimes) as she walks, like the nerves are shot. I talked to her vet and he said that the nerves have a lot of inflamation around them and hopefully once that subsides she can use her foot better. We go back for a check-up in a week or so, he'll check this out then. Think good thoughts for flower!
: ) Flower thanks everyone (as I do!) for all your kind thoughts and well-wishes!
Meanwhile, Carrie is interested in what is going on, but isn't acting out or otherwise showing stress or upset. Whew. I'll worry about how to introduce them later. I just hope they like each other (okay, I hope Carrie likes Flower!) once they're familiar with each other.
I set her up in the bathroom, as it is the only room that I can shut the doors on and be able to keep her confined to a small area. Plus it is linoleum, which is a darn good thing because mere hours after setting her up with her new bed, blankets, scratching post, food dishes, and litterbox, she was sick and there was poo everywhere! Luckily everything washes fine and continues to wash and rewash fine!
I can tell that today she has more energy than even yesterday, so that's a great sign. Once she gets all of her energy back, though, it is going to be nearly impossible to keep her from climbing all over and gong nuts from confinement! She has stitches on her rump - from the surgery for the broken hip joint - and stitches on her belly from the spaying. I haven't been able to get pics of the belly yet, but here is how her rump looks. There has been no bleeding or puffiness, which is such a relief. She gets oral antibiotics which she loves...ha.
That's my hand! I have big mits for a gal, but still, check out how tiny she is! And such a tiny thing having two big surgeries together.
Poor, poor, pitiful Flower
"I hate this freakin collar!"
See how in the second photo her foot is curling under? This is the thing that concerns me the most - she has to drag that foot around (and the leg sometimes) as she walks, like the nerves are shot. I talked to her vet and he said that the nerves have a lot of inflamation around them and hopefully once that subsides she can use her foot better. We go back for a check-up in a week or so, he'll check this out then. Think good thoughts for flower!
: ) Flower thanks everyone (as I do!) for all your kind thoughts and well-wishes!
Meanwhile, Carrie is interested in what is going on, but isn't acting out or otherwise showing stress or upset. Whew. I'll worry about how to introduce them later. I just hope they like each other (okay, I hope Carrie likes Flower!) once they're familiar with each other.
