Post by Use Less on Dec 2, 2017 15:46:52 GMT
Porky is doing well, but did we ever have a night.
Sometime around 1130, she went charging through the house. I saw that in trying to groom, she had a stitch caught around her tooth, her chest skin up against her mouth, and was gagging. It took a bit of time, but I got it loose. A half-hour later, AGAIN
I wasn't having success, so I left Porky in the travel case, and went to a couple neighbors' hoping for someone to help. I saw a few lights, no voices, and no one came to the door. So I just sat with her and kept working at it. She was surprisingly cooperation, cats being cats. I tried to tighten the stitch. No go, so I cut the loop. I figured better to have a little gap than that she would do that again, maybe tear her flesh. She was certainly big-time STRESSED and PANICKING. I stayed on the couch for a couple of hours; she stayed at my feet. At 330AM, I took us both to the bedroom and closed the door. I had also put a belled collar on her, so I might hear if she got in trouble while I snoozed.
We have been back to the vet this AM. She had a dose of injectable long-acting pain medication; an OK to apply her monthly flea med and to resume her ear drops; a cone in case she starts worrying the incision again. It seems it wasn't a big deal that I cut the stitch, and nothing else was done to the incision.
Oh, and along the way, I tried calling the vet: no emergency on-call hours; called 911 asking for any overnight emergency offices: the only one is over an hour away. Tried contacting a friend on fb who volunteers at shelters, for any ideas. No other ideas.
NO plans to go out and around today after all
Sometime around 1130, she went charging through the house. I saw that in trying to groom, she had a stitch caught around her tooth, her chest skin up against her mouth, and was gagging. It took a bit of time, but I got it loose. A half-hour later, AGAIN
I wasn't having success, so I left Porky in the travel case, and went to a couple neighbors' hoping for someone to help. I saw a few lights, no voices, and no one came to the door. So I just sat with her and kept working at it. She was surprisingly cooperation, cats being cats. I tried to tighten the stitch. No go, so I cut the loop. I figured better to have a little gap than that she would do that again, maybe tear her flesh. She was certainly big-time STRESSED and PANICKING. I stayed on the couch for a couple of hours; she stayed at my feet. At 330AM, I took us both to the bedroom and closed the door. I had also put a belled collar on her, so I might hear if she got in trouble while I snoozed. We have been back to the vet this AM. She had a dose of injectable long-acting pain medication; an OK to apply her monthly flea med and to resume her ear drops; a cone in case she starts worrying the incision again. It seems it wasn't a big deal that I cut the stitch, and nothing else was done to the incision.
Oh, and along the way, I tried calling the vet: no emergency on-call hours; called 911 asking for any overnight emergency offices: the only one is over an hour away. Tried contacting a friend on fb who volunteers at shelters, for any ideas. No other ideas.
NO plans to go out and around today after all
