Not on My Watch: Our First Rescue & Some Unexpected Trouble

Awww, poor Pattycake! My babygirl Dahlia had some complications from her spay, too. First, her uterus was very friable (easily torn), probably because she'd been a woefully undernourished baby before she arrived at the shelter where I adopted her, where she weighed all of three pounds--if that--at 5 months of age. Anyway, because the uterine tissue tore so easily, the vet had a heck of a time doing the sutures and accidentally "bumped her bladder" as she was trying to finish the job. Nonetheless, Dahlia made a heroic recovery ... until a few days after her spay, she decided to deal with the itching of her healing tissues by licking her incision until the adhesive gave way and pulling out one of her internal stitches. So, it was back to the vet we went, where we tried to see if a cone collar would keep her from bothering it enough to let it heal. Nope. So the vet re-operated, freshened the edges of the incision, and stitched her up again, which meant still more time in the cone collar.

All through this, my vet was fantastic. She even did the second surgery for free. I hadn't expected that, especially because it wasn't the vet's fault that Dahlia niggled at her incision until it came open.

Anyway, I hope little Pattycake is OK and that she heals very well.

Congratulations to Mama on her Forever home! Her bebbehs are gorgeous; I especially like Moonpie's markings.

Cali Mom has been here for almost 2 wees and is doing well despite chaos and unexpected problems with my friend and housemate, Carol. She has ovarian cancer and was scheduled for surgery to clear up fluid in a lung this past Monday, but went in through the ER last week for gall bladder and panctreatitis. She's had 2 surgeries, been in ICU for a bit and is going to be in Winston- Salem for a few weeks while they deal with her issues, including a spread of cancer, but she will come home after that and hopefully be around for a good long time. I'm calling this girl Tansy, after a lake in TN where we stayed for a family reunion a few years ago. She had some hissy moments with the other cats and my collie but is getting along. She did make a few runs at the front door but has stopped that. She also tries to get the soft food my nearly toothless (stomatitus) older girl and fatty liver girl get but we're learning to be polite by getting picked up and removed from those instances. She is on my lap most evenings so is extra company in a quieter house while we wait for Carol to come home--and if you are so inclined, please say some prayers for Carol. Thanks for sending her. I probably won't be in a position to do any transports for awhile, even though I've been told I'll probably be getting my buyout this fall, as I'm going to be the caregiver, but hopefully, Carol will get better and I can do a little traveling. Will send photos when I can.