Kerby is in the ICU at GA Vet Specialists. Visiting hours are 3-5 and 7-9.
Thursday, May 3rd
It was the day after his surgery: partial maxillectomy (removal of part of his back upper jaw). The vet tech brought Kerby out in her arms and handed him to me. WOW .... I was not expecting him to look like this. I really didn't even KNOW what to expect. It kinda scared me.
I felt like a bad mom for thinking how gross & pitiful he looked. Shaved the entire side of his head and neck. His eye was really puffy and red and swollen. He had stitches on upper jaw (which need to be removed in 10-14 days). They said he hasn't eaten yet. He's on 2-3 pain killers + Clavimox for anti-biotics. My friend came with me to visit Kerby and thank goodness she did (highly suggested for your 1st visit, especially if you're queasy like me). She made me laugh, we took that funny picture of Kerby - his Billy Idol "Rebel Yell" look - lol! The vet brought in some food for me to try to feed him. Some cottage cheese and puree liver. I fed him with the stick, and he lapped it up. Then my friend took the food and Kerby decided he wanted to eat it out of her hand!! We cracked up b/c it didn't seem to bother her at all that this puree liver was in her hand. OK, maybe I need to suck it up and get used to that. haha. Kerby ate for us! Yeah! However, he was so darn drugged up, his little tongue was sticking out, he felt like a bag of sand, heavy and lifeless.
I went to visit him again at night. His nose was bleeding - to me it seemed like a lot - the vet said it's normal. I don't like blood. He ate his food again with me. Still majorly drugged looking and lifeless. His eye also looked worse, more swollen under the eye and even more red.
But that's just Day 1. He'll get better. He's a fighter.
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