Loki Update:
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mstakenidentityWe just went to visit him, he is doing well. We can bring him home this evening as long as he's kept quiet, in fact the surgeon thinks he'll do better in a familiar environment.
He's a bit patchy, fur-wise. He has bandages on two of his legs which have been shaved, he's also been shaved under his chin and his whole underside, so basically, everywhere he is white has been shaved off. There is a long, impressive scar running from his chest to tummy. They had to completely open him up.
The vet nurse said he's very lucky to be alive, and it's great that we caught it.
What they think happened: He suffered a trauma in the first few weeks of life (before he was brought in at Kent st) or he was simply born with it. His stomach and spleen etc. moved up into his chest cavity, which would have eventually killed him. When he ate the charity wristband it blocked up his stomach and it got full of gas. Because the stomach was in the chest cavity this pushed on his lungs, causing the symptoms we noticed. So him eating the charity wristband was actually a huge blessing in disguise, otherwise we probably wouldn't have known anything was wrong until too late.
When we came to see him he came to the front of his cage and once it was open and we could stroke him he started to purr. He's moving very stiffly and seems sore. He's also completely out of it as they've put him on very strong painkillers (methodine and morphine were mentions).
The vet surgeon is amazing. Loki's regular vet told Seamus what he had to do to be qualified; He had to train as a vet, work as a vet for two years, then do a ten year internship at the Uni of Melb vet clinic as a surgeon, then sit an examination (that most people, even after ten years, still fail the first time) and then he was allowed to practice. Wow. Really nice bloke too.
We brought Loki his favourite toy, some favourite food and the anti-biotics he was already on. We can have him back in three hours.
Yay!
If he is well enough this evening I will post some pics of the brave boy.
Thank you all for your kind words and wishes and vibes and prayers. :-)
He's a bit patchy, fur-wise. He has bandages on two of his legs which have been shaved, he's also been shaved under his chin and his whole underside, so basically, everywhere he is white has been shaved off. There is a long, impressive scar running from his chest to tummy. They had to completely open him up.
The vet nurse said he's very lucky to be alive, and it's great that we caught it.
What they think happened: He suffered a trauma in the first few weeks of life (before he was brought in at Kent st) or he was simply born with it. His stomach and spleen etc. moved up into his chest cavity, which would have eventually killed him. When he ate the charity wristband it blocked up his stomach and it got full of gas. Because the stomach was in the chest cavity this pushed on his lungs, causing the symptoms we noticed. So him eating the charity wristband was actually a huge blessing in disguise, otherwise we probably wouldn't have known anything was wrong until too late.
When we came to see him he came to the front of his cage and once it was open and we could stroke him he started to purr. He's moving very stiffly and seems sore. He's also completely out of it as they've put him on very strong painkillers (methodine and morphine were mentions).
The vet surgeon is amazing. Loki's regular vet told Seamus what he had to do to be qualified; He had to train as a vet, work as a vet for two years, then do a ten year internship at the Uni of Melb vet clinic as a surgeon, then sit an examination (that most people, even after ten years, still fail the first time) and then he was allowed to practice. Wow. Really nice bloke too.
We brought Loki his favourite toy, some favourite food and the anti-biotics he was already on. We can have him back in three hours.
Yay!
If he is well enough this evening I will post some pics of the brave boy.
Thank you all for your kind words and wishes and vibes and prayers. :-)
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Date: 2009-01-16 03:29 am (UTC)Give him a few gentle pets from me.
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Date: 2009-01-16 03:45 am (UTC)And talk about good karma for supporting charity!
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Date: 2009-01-16 05:14 am (UTC)The vet sounds like a very cool guy.
I find it highly amusing when our cats come home from the vet with bits of fur shaved off. I know its not right to laugh but, once they're all better and the fur hasn't grown back yet, its amusing to watch
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Date: 2009-01-16 12:08 pm (UTC)Im so happy that its worked out well. :)))
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