Taz was doing so well for the past couple of days. We were finally starting to feel normal in our daily lives. He didn't get up to eat very often last night though. This morning he seemed more listless than before. He wasn't interested in food. We weighed him to see if he'd gained weight since he had the surgery last Thursday. He was just under 9-1/2 lbs. then. Today he was down to 9 lbs.
Taz (R) shares his bed with Kaci (L)
But then, we thought, maybe he lost weight while he was at the hospital and on those couple of days he wasn't eating, etc. He may have dropped below 9 lbs. then and now has gained back up?
Anyway, we're waiting for the doctor to call because we have several questions for her. We also would like to know what his weight was last Saturday when he was discharged from the hospital. That will be in another post later.
The cautious good news is, he feels a little more frisky right now this afternoon at 3:15pm. He's on my desk in front of me, grooming himself, kneading on the little blanket, and he has been eating his kibble and drinking plenty of water.
He is truly an amazing little fellow.
That is an awesome picture!!
ReplyDeleteDid the doctor say how long it would take to fully recover?
ReplyDeleteWe have to keep him in and preferably not climbing stairs, playing or running, etc. for 14 days. Today has been a week since we brought him home from his surgery. We have another week to keep him in. He's getting impatient and wants to be out on the patio, but we're holding the line...so far. He gets his sutures out next Friday and his incision looks pretty good. He will fully recover from that. He will see his oncologist on Monday, the 23rd. We assume she will resume chemo. As far as the lymphoma goes, we can only hope for remission. It's never cured, but if it goes into remission, we'll have him for a longer time. He'll probably always be on some meds because they say that there are probably stray cancer cells always in the body. Not perfect news, but if we hadn't caught it when we did, he'd be across the rainbow bridge now.
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