Dax is now home!

But we’re not entirely in the clear yet.

I didn’t bother blogging it, but on Sunday we had to transfer her from the vet clinic to the ICU at the Ontario Veterinary College (where most of Ontario’s vets are trained in the first place) because we were reaching the limit of how long she should be just on IV and not getting any solid food at all (she would not eat, and even vomited back up any food they syringe-fed her).

Yesterday they removed a large-ish mass from inside her stomach. It was not anything she ate, it was an icky growth. It was right at the join between the stomach and small intestine. The surgeon thinks it was acting as a one-way valve that was making her throw up and subsequently refuse to eat.

They removed it, and now it’s off to hisopathology so it can be tested to see if it is cancerous or not. The surgeon thinks it “likely is”, since it was freaking growing in her stomach for no reason, but we won’t know for sure for a few days. In addition, they removed the mass itself, but couldn’t remove most of the stomach itself (duh) which would have been needed to ensure a “clear area” of good cells removed along with the mass cells, to ensure it wouldn’t grow back. So he is concerned that it might. Don’t know what we will do then.

We have to limit her motion for the next two weeks; no stairs, no jumping, no running. So we cleaned up the two upstairs rooms, brought her food/water/litter up here, and bought a baby gate for the top of the stairs. I gotta admit, I never figured I’d be installing one of those in my house!

WARNING! Graphic post-surgical incision/stitches photo!

Actually, not all that graphic, at least not to me. But still, not everyone needs or wants to see that, so it’s under a cut.

My poor baby!

I am very happy my kitty is home. I am worried it could be cancer and come back, which would essentially mean it was all over, since they can’t remove her whole stomach. 🙁 But for now I can pet her and comfort her and be comforted by her.