Vicky & Gandalf (GA) & Murrlin
Member Since 2009
He has had 2 sizable skin lesions for a while now and I decided last month that since his blood glucose control was pretty good that I should schedule to have them removed. Unfortunately I couldn't do it last month as his BGs have become less stable again.
He did very well. I have what I consider a very good vet for surgeries and dentals. When she saw the lesions she was confident she could remove them with few problems and there were none. They only use gas anesthesia for him and he has little after-effects but he's a little out out of it as they gave him buprenex.
He's eaten but they kept him on a drip, so he's not thirsty, which is fine. Probably the worst thing is that one lesion was on the left knee and the other one on the back of the left leg, so he had trouble getting up earlier from lying on his left side. I probably should have had only 1 done at a time, but the total cost to do separately would have been considerable. Both was bad enough and I'm having to use Care Credit, but I can put bloodwork for my other cat Tigget on the same bill Thursday.
We are sending the tissues out for histopathologies. The vet took a lot of tissue from the surrounding area - the one on his knee is over 1 1/2" long. It was the deepest. The other was on the surface and looked like a large mole, but was pinkish grey, not dark like ours. He's had 2 other legions removed earlier in his life, one of which was like the deeper one, where you can feel it under the skin but don't see anything on the outer skin.
His BG tonight was only 201, so I gave him 1.2U instead of 1.3U. I'm not sure how well he will eat because of the Bupe. He nibbled at the food I put down for him after his shot, but he had eaten earlier. I am off for the next 3 days from work, so I'm home to watch him. He's supposed to be confined to a cage or small room! He wandered all over the house when I let him out! He always does that after a surgery. He was stable on his feet, probably the worst is I can tell he can't see too well because of that goop they put in his eyes. But he's responsive, vocalized a couple times and purred, so I feel he's doing very well for a 17 1/2 yr old after surgery. He has acupuncture on Thursday, so we'll get acupuncturist's opinion on how he's doing. She's going to have to find a different spot to give his B12 shot though!
He did very well. I have what I consider a very good vet for surgeries and dentals. When she saw the lesions she was confident she could remove them with few problems and there were none. They only use gas anesthesia for him and he has little after-effects but he's a little out out of it as they gave him buprenex.
He's eaten but they kept him on a drip, so he's not thirsty, which is fine. Probably the worst thing is that one lesion was on the left knee and the other one on the back of the left leg, so he had trouble getting up earlier from lying on his left side. I probably should have had only 1 done at a time, but the total cost to do separately would have been considerable. Both was bad enough and I'm having to use Care Credit, but I can put bloodwork for my other cat Tigget on the same bill Thursday.
We are sending the tissues out for histopathologies. The vet took a lot of tissue from the surrounding area - the one on his knee is over 1 1/2" long. It was the deepest. The other was on the surface and looked like a large mole, but was pinkish grey, not dark like ours. He's had 2 other legions removed earlier in his life, one of which was like the deeper one, where you can feel it under the skin but don't see anything on the outer skin.
His BG tonight was only 201, so I gave him 1.2U instead of 1.3U. I'm not sure how well he will eat because of the Bupe. He nibbled at the food I put down for him after his shot, but he had eaten earlier. I am off for the next 3 days from work, so I'm home to watch him. He's supposed to be confined to a cage or small room! He wandered all over the house when I let him out! He always does that after a surgery. He was stable on his feet, probably the worst is I can tell he can't see too well because of that goop they put in his eyes. But he's responsive, vocalized a couple times and purred, so I feel he's doing very well for a 17 1/2 yr old after surgery. He has acupuncture on Thursday, so we'll get acupuncturist's opinion on how he's doing. She's going to have to find a different spot to give his B12 shot though!
