Major Surgery Vibes needed

I hope everything goes well.
I do know how scared you are because i have been that scared before.
Let us know how it goes.

Best wishes for a successful surgery and the best diagnostic outcome possible. He's beautiful, even when he's a little under the weather.

We are waiting with you.

Stomper

Good News. Stomper did well in surgery. I just spoke to the surgeon again and he is curled up and sleeping comfortably. She said he is doing just what they want after surgery.

She said things looked better inside than she expected. No mass or tumor, liver and pancreas looked pretty good. She took biopsies of his intestines and stomach.

The gallbladder had to be removed. She said it looked good on the outside, but inside it was very nasty, full of small stones, sludge and abnormal looking bile. I am not sure just what abnormal bile would look like.

I am hopeful that this all means the problem really was his gallbladder and he will perk right back up now.

Next hurdle will be seeing if he will start eating tomorrow. The surgeon said she will call in the morning.

I'm so glad surgery went well. Get well soon Stomper. He sure is a gorgeous boy!

Oh that is great news all around! Hopefully everything has just been his gallbladder and he is on his way to feeling the best he ever has. Sending speedy recovery vibes for your little handsome guy. Thanks for keeping us updated. Heres to him eating tomorrow, too

Glad the surgery went well and fingers crossed for the biopsy results.

Glad to hear the surgery went well. Sending more vibes for Stomper.

It's early Sat. morning....
checking in on sweet Stomper.
I bet that you can hardly wait to hold your precious boy.
I look at his picture and just melt....what a sweet pie.
Sending vibes that he regains his appetite quickly followed by a big welcome home hug.
Stomper

I'm so glad to hear that Stomper's surgery went so well. I'll be wishing him a speedy recovery!

I'm so happy to hear everything went well.
Sending some more for a sppedy recovery.

Sorry for such a late update tonight. Today has been an up and down day.

Seems Stomper got a little too much painkillers last night/this morning. He got a fentanyl patch while still getting his IV painkillers. So when the Dr. called at 1:00 this afternoon she actually said "he is one stoned kitty right now". Needless to say he wasn't interested in food depsite being given cyproheptadine to stimulate his appetite.

Dr. said that if he didn't start eating on his own in another hour or two that they would start syringe feedings.

I only just now was able to get in touch with one of the techs again. I had left two messages but it must have been a busy emergency day . I feel bad for all those animals and their people.

The tech who has taken care of him this afternoon just called and said he was doing well, but still doesn't want to eat. His vitals are stable and he is urinating really well.

They started syringe feedings at 2:00pm and she said he was very good with it. I knew he would be. I also am not surprised he won't eat. He gets so scared at the vets that he won't eat unless someone literally feeds them. I had told this to the ER vet when I took him in. They are going to feed him again at 10:00 tonight which is actually good because that is the time he gets his late feeding at home.

The goal now is to keep feeding him (or hopefully he eats on his own) until he has a bowel movement. Once that happens and everything else is still improving I can bring him home.

I don't know if he doesn't eat on his own tomorrow if they will run repeat liver function labs or not.

Thank you all again for keeping the big puff-a-lump in your thoughts and prayers and for being so supportive for me.

Waiting for a critical phone call from the vet can be so hard.
Sending tons of mega vibes that your sweet puff-a-lump regains his desire to eat on his own.
Your Mommy wants you home Stomper.

Fingers crossed he eats and poos today, so can come home

Originally Posted by xocats

Waiting for a critical phone call from the vet can be so hard.

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I think this is going to make me crazy and I am going to drive them crazy. They are always very nice, but I am sure they are sick of me. I just wish I could go sit with him.

The tech tonight said he is pretty much hiding Poor big guy is terrified.

On a good note though he did eat 2-3 bites of food by himself. The tech was really happy about that. Still no poop yet.

He said the notes look like the surgeon is supposed to call me in the morning. I am hoping I can bring him home.
It feels like he has been gone forever, not 5 days.

I have a list of questions for them, I don't even know when to expect the biopsy results back.

When Stripe had a biopsy it took about 7 days to get it back.
Hers was sent to UC Davis and it had cancer cells in it.
She did beat it and died from Crf 7 years later.
I hope the results of your cats biopsy will be good.
I know how waiting is.
It makes you crazy.

Originally Posted by kittymonsters

I think this is going to make me crazy and I am going to drive them crazy. They are always very nice, but I am sure they are sick of me. I just wish I could go sit with him.

The tech tonight said he is pretty much hiding

Poor big guy is terrified.

On a good note though he did eat 2-3 bites of food by himself. The tech was really happy about that. Still no poop yet.

He said the notes look like the surgeon is supposed to call me in the morning. I am hoping I can bring him home.
It feels like he has been gone forever, not 5 days.

I have a list of questions for them, I don't even know when to expect the biopsy results back.

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I'm hoping the biopsy results only produce good findings. I know the stress of waiting. It took about three days when my Buster underwent surgery several weeks ago. He also wore a fentanyl patch but handled it well. Buster happens to be the most mellow cat in the world and didn't seem to care that he had a major surgery. Several hours after the operation, he inhaled a whole can of tuna. The vet techs rarely see an animal come out of anesthesia with such a voracious appetite!

Originally Posted by kittymonsters

I think this is going to make me crazy and I am going to drive them crazy. They are always very nice, but I am sure they are sick of me. I just wish I could go sit with him.
I have a list of questions for them, I don't even know when to expect the biopsy results back.

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It never hurts to hear this re-affirmed when you are under maximum stress....
"The squeaky wheel gets the grease."
Those phone calls are your lifeline to Stomper.

Stomper poo vibes on the way.