Friday, July 18, 2008

All is well, knock on wood

Butch's vet called about an hour ago to tell me he came through the surgery with no problems and was up and walking around. Despite a substantial amount of scar tissue, they were able to remove both anal glands, which, they hope, were the source of his ongoing infection. Only time will tell for sure.

I am so relieved.

We had expected to pick him up this evening, but the vet requested to keep him overnight because it's so late in the day, because he may have a lot of pain, and because he'll most likely have some unpleasant drainage from his behind. The pain thing convinced me. We'll go get him early tomorrow.

I appreciate so much your good thoughts and prayers, dear readers. I know by what you write that you understand the power of the bond that exists between us humans and our animal companions, and that understanding translates into a soft cushion of emotional support.

I'll update tomorrow after Butch comes home.

Tonight, instead of nursing Butch, I'll spend some quality time with Kadi, one on one, no sharing necessary. She's made it clear many times lately that it isn't fair for me to take Butch with me and leave her home alone, so this is an unexpected opportunity to make it up to her. No doubt we'll both be thinking about our "boy," but part of the time we're thinking about him, we'll be riding in the car.

6 comments:

  1. I'll bet you're relieved! Enjoy your evening with Kadi.

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  2. I'm glad everything went well! and I'm happy that Kadi gets some one-on-one time with you...and a ride in the car (not going to the vet) too!

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  3. So glad everything turned out OK. I know how you've been worrying...hopefully this will fix things once and for all. Give Butch and Kadi ear scratches from me.

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  4. Glad to hear that all is well! Hopefully this weekend will be relaxing for all of you and Butch has an easy and speedy recovery.

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  5. So glad it went well and Butch will be home soon to recover! Many, many skritches to him and Kadi. Carmon

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  6. Thanks, everyone. He's home now and doing well.

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