Day 1
Jordie has been dropped of at the vet at 8am this morning. His op was happening today and we were thinking of him all morning. It is just after 3pm now, he is over his operation, and he is now at home. He woken up from the sedation early and he started to complain to the vet, which is not him, sometimes I wonder if he knows at all how to bark, but today he did show the vet his hidden talent of barking. so they call us around 2.30pm to come and pick him up.
Unfortunately, the main purpose of this operation, to remove his large lump wasn't successful. After opening his skin, the vet discovered that the lump grew under his muscle and it would be too invasive to cut it out. It would involve a procedure to cut into his muscle and it could cause more damage than it is now. So they called us and we had to make a decision. Based on their recommendations we decided not to risk it. Which means, they left that lump alone, and stitched up his skin.
There was a smaller lump on his back that has been removed successfully, and it has been sent to the lab for testing, we will know the result probably on Monday.
So at the moment he is just settling down, he still in pain but it seems like he is more relaxed, he just need to have dad or mum's hand on him for comfort. He has a collar that will go around his neck tomorrow morning, I am not sure he is gonna be happy about it, but I keep it in secret atm.
Oh What a night!
Update: After my last post, the nightmare started. When Jordie fell asleep after bringing him home from the vet, we thought that is great, he will sleep and heal overnight. Well, we were wrong! He only slept about 10-15 minutes before he wake up and started fidgeting, he wanted to go for a wee we let him out to the garden for a wee, so we let him out to the garden. Of course we were keeping an eye on him . When he came back inside, we have noticed his bleeding from his passage area.. It started as a small amount, that we expected. However, later on he started to bleed extensively. Had to change covers on his bed, then we ended up using towels only for quick and easy solution. He’s cot mattress got totally ruined by the seeping through blood, we gonna need to get a new one. There was only one way to keep his bleeding under control, by keeping him laying down on his opposite side. It needed both of us to stay down on the floor with him and try to comfit him. The thunder and lightning doesn’t help, he is naturally scared of thunder, and having pain, and just getting out of dopiness and thunder is not a good mixture. We lost power because of the storm, but luckily some usb lights and candles are always an option. Just after midnight he started to pass really stinky winds and was pushing to get up, so we let him out for toilet again. By the time he came back, his whole side had blood rolling down, and it was really frightening. Les got on the phone, called the after hour vet, but no answer so he left a message. That was before 1am in the morning but we haven’t heard back from them til 7.30am. So we stayed up all night wrestling with our boy, keeping him in place and praying that his wound will seal up and his pain gets lighter. He had some period when he was breathing really fast and his tongue was hanging out on the side of his mouth. He had high fever, so I have patting him with a cold damp cloth that made a bit of difference. I am sure he felt the love we both projected towards him, but he also sensed our worry. He was fighting hard, and cuddled up to dad who was sitting on the floor at the end of the mattress, while his paw was on my head. That is how we survived this awful night. Around 5.30am our boy was started to be very strong willed again, standing up, we thought maybe another toilet need, but this time he walked to his food bowl and parked himself down, telling us that he is very hungry. Les gave him some lamb casserole from a can and a small bowl of milk. He also managed to get him wallow his painkiller tablets while I was covering his passage are with a towel, to prevent more blood dripping.
After that we went back to his bed and first time since his op, he started to really relax and so we were very happy, thinking that the worth is over now.
Day 2
Jordie is back to the vet
So we finally got a call back from the vet around 7.30am. We explained what happened, and we have been assured, this is not normal to pass that much blood, but as the boy was comfortable on his side again, we were holding on the thoughts that he is going to be all good now. However, he got up around 9am and red blood started to coming out on his passage again. We did not left his side for a moment since we got him home, and it was terrifying to see him this way and knowing that we cannot help him. Les called the vet again and managed to get them out to our place. Jordie got bandaged up and have been taken back to the vet at 11am. We are very anxious now as we still waiting for their call to let us know what is happening.
