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Buddha update
Jan. 3rd, 2009 04:25 pmThe Hope Center (the animal hospital where Buddha is so he's observed overnight) has visiting hours from 10-2 on Saturday, so we went over and took him some food (so they won't give him stuff he's allergic to). After waiting a few minutes in one of the examining rooms, one of the techs brought Buddha in to see us. Boy, was he happy! He went straight for ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
the_gneech's arms, pressing his face into the crook of John's elbow. Then he came straight for me, pressing his head into my hand. He kept going around in circles, back and forth between us until we were both scritching him. We stayed for about 90 minutes, petting and scritching the whole time. By the time the tech took him back, he had calmed down considerably. It's nice to know we can comfort him that much.
He's got a little vial of fluids taped to one of his front paws, and a catheter with a bag attached. He tried to get at the catheter a couple of times while we were there, but we dissuaded him. It seemed like the catheter was doing its job. They will likely remove it tonight and keep him tomorrow to make sure he doesn't block again. We'll likely be picking him up on Monday.
Since this is the second time he's blocked in about a year, the vets are saying the surgery is something to consider. The estimate from the Hope Center is about what this little excursion cost in the first place, but it would make future blockages a lot less likely. Our main concern is if we don't get the surgery done, what happens if he gets blocked when we're not here, like visiting family or at a convention for a few days? We don't want that to happen. The only risk, as far as I know, is the risk always associated with general anesthesia with a short-nosed cat. He's been under before, but only once since he's been with us. He came through that okay, so hopefully there won't be any problems this time, assuming we get the surgery done.
Unfortunately, the Hope Center doesn't have visiting hours on Sunday because there are usually too many emergencies, so unless they decide to release him tomorrow, we won't see him again until Monday.
the_gneech's arms, pressing his face into the crook of John's elbow. Then he came straight for me, pressing his head into my hand. He kept going around in circles, back and forth between us until we were both scritching him. We stayed for about 90 minutes, petting and scritching the whole time. By the time the tech took him back, he had calmed down considerably. It's nice to know we can comfort him that much.He's got a little vial of fluids taped to one of his front paws, and a catheter with a bag attached. He tried to get at the catheter a couple of times while we were there, but we dissuaded him. It seemed like the catheter was doing its job. They will likely remove it tonight and keep him tomorrow to make sure he doesn't block again. We'll likely be picking him up on Monday.
Since this is the second time he's blocked in about a year, the vets are saying the surgery is something to consider. The estimate from the Hope Center is about what this little excursion cost in the first place, but it would make future blockages a lot less likely. Our main concern is if we don't get the surgery done, what happens if he gets blocked when we're not here, like visiting family or at a convention for a few days? We don't want that to happen. The only risk, as far as I know, is the risk always associated with general anesthesia with a short-nosed cat. He's been under before, but only once since he's been with us. He came through that okay, so hopefully there won't be any problems this time, assuming we get the surgery done.
Unfortunately, the Hope Center doesn't have visiting hours on Sunday because there are usually too many emergencies, so unless they decide to release him tomorrow, we won't see him again until Monday.