CD and BigMac
Member Since 2009
BigMac's Surgery Condo
Hi everyone! I went to visit BigMac twice today. He is doing pretty well and is active... too active. Last night he pulled off one bandage before they caught him and he somehow tangled a foot on his J-tube and yanked it out a little. Now they can't use it. But it has to remain in place for 2 weeks no matter what because it has to heal enough around the opening for them to remove it. They planned to use this tube for feeding because it entered the stomach below where they did the re-routing and resecting of his parts. (Bile duct, duodena, a bit of the pancreas and stomach)
They will have to use the E-tube which they routed pretty far down but not far enough. They said he is such a long cat that the tube ended just short of where they wanted. But since they originally were going to use the J-tube, it didn't matter too much. Now it might be a problem. I hope all the stuff they did will not be too impacted by the fact that the food/meds will need to go through parts of the digestive system that they hoped to by-pass for a while until they healed.
BigMac really wants to get outta' there and each time I saw him he stood up and tried to jump off the exam table. I had to gently hold him in place. If I let go, he'd get up again. Eventually he did relax as I stoked his head and he rested his cheek in my other hand. We stayed like this for about 30 minutes of our time together this morning and again this evening. Tonight he started purring for me. Sigh....
His BG is up and they are going to give him insulin. They said it was probably because of the glucose in the IV. We talked about it for a while and after our discussion the surgeon agreed to start him on a lower dose than his original plan. I explained that he might be somewhat sensitive. I don't think they check the BG as often as we do so I wanted BigMac to stay safe especially since they are using NPH. He declined my offer of using our Levemir because it wouldn't work fast enough. Ok, I understand. So we came to a friendly compromise with them giving BigMac only 0.25u to start and moving up in dose only if needed. (I believe they had planned to go with 1 unit at first.) I'm glad I was there to discuss it with them.
He has a long way to go before he comes home, but he is strong and has a huge desire to get home. I hope that helps him heal quickly. Now if only he'd stop trying to remove his stuff! Sheesh!
Here are a couple of photos of him. You can see my hand on his back trying to keep him from jumping. One photo shows him eyeing the distance to the floor and his escape route! Silly boy!
Hi everyone! I went to visit BigMac twice today. He is doing pretty well and is active... too active. Last night he pulled off one bandage before they caught him and he somehow tangled a foot on his J-tube and yanked it out a little. Now they can't use it. But it has to remain in place for 2 weeks no matter what because it has to heal enough around the opening for them to remove it. They planned to use this tube for feeding because it entered the stomach below where they did the re-routing and resecting of his parts. (Bile duct, duodena, a bit of the pancreas and stomach)
They will have to use the E-tube which they routed pretty far down but not far enough. They said he is such a long cat that the tube ended just short of where they wanted. But since they originally were going to use the J-tube, it didn't matter too much. Now it might be a problem. I hope all the stuff they did will not be too impacted by the fact that the food/meds will need to go through parts of the digestive system that they hoped to by-pass for a while until they healed.
BigMac really wants to get outta' there and each time I saw him he stood up and tried to jump off the exam table. I had to gently hold him in place. If I let go, he'd get up again. Eventually he did relax as I stoked his head and he rested his cheek in my other hand. We stayed like this for about 30 minutes of our time together this morning and again this evening. Tonight he started purring for me. Sigh....
His BG is up and they are going to give him insulin. They said it was probably because of the glucose in the IV. We talked about it for a while and after our discussion the surgeon agreed to start him on a lower dose than his original plan. I explained that he might be somewhat sensitive. I don't think they check the BG as often as we do so I wanted BigMac to stay safe especially since they are using NPH. He declined my offer of using our Levemir because it wouldn't work fast enough. Ok, I understand. So we came to a friendly compromise with them giving BigMac only 0.25u to start and moving up in dose only if needed. (I believe they had planned to go with 1 unit at first.) I'm glad I was there to discuss it with them.
He has a long way to go before he comes home, but he is strong and has a huge desire to get home. I hope that helps him heal quickly. Now if only he'd stop trying to remove his stuff! Sheesh!
Here are a couple of photos of him. You can see my hand on his back trying to keep him from jumping. One photo shows him eyeing the distance to the floor and his escape route! Silly boy!
