Hi Nordic Viking. Update on Rex?
We got to visit him today. He's doing very well. They brought him out to us in a sweet little baby blanket. He had little capped off tubes in his hand so they could hook him back up to fluids, etc. upon his return. They wanted him to eat, as he wasn't very interested. We stopped at the store on the way and brought them a can of low sodium, no protein, low fat Chicken Broth, to put on any dry food they may want to give him. He only liked the taste of chicken and turkey (both he shouldn't have because he's on such a low protein diet because of this shunt). They gave us beef baby food in a jar, and he ate and ate and ate....it was so great. The nurse said, "They often eat for their parents." It was so cute. Then, we snuggled with him for a while, and she showed us his stitches, put his little cone back on, and put a new fleece blanket in his cage. Incidentally, he's in the cat section, as that was less distracting for him. All the activity in the dog area wasn't allowing him the sleep he needed. How nice of them.
Bottom line, after they have him for the four days or so and he's got good levels on all his tests, they'll let him go home. They HAVE to watch for seizures right now, and a seizure could materialize up to four days after surgery and yet Rex could be fine before that. If we were so far away from the hospital---even around the block--he might be lost.
He was so cute and was whining for us...it was breaking my heart.
Thanks again for asking, SCB.