As expected, all is well. Moby took the ride back home better than usual, nearly leaping out of D's arms in the hall on the way in. More alert than after the last anesthetic, a much simpler procedure, just a good teeth cleaning. The tech told us to leave the bandage (from the IV site) in place for an hour. We laughed, yeah, we won't be taking it off, but it's not like we could stop Moby worrying it until he removed it sooner than that.
He's in this conundrum, take off bandage, eat, take off bandage, eat, hmmmmmm.....
Eating won out. He's devoured two helpings, now to work on the bandage.
All afternoon until we could pick him up, we kept missing his presence, his stare, and felt rather alone. And we are worriers. This time, nothing wrong, just preventative care, and yet. We are immensely glad to have home our household god.
Update:
Unfortunately, he reeks of some kind of flowery perfume. We are not perfume people, and Moby has been sneezing since we picked him up. Unexpected, and unpleasant, since as a nurse, I am not allowed to wear strong smells - for very good reasons. A patient already nauseated and in pain should not also have to deal with unnecessary artificial odors. This had to come from one of the people holding him. I'm glad he was held so much, but not that we can still smell it now.
Further update:
He is in the dryer on an old sweater. Letting the drugs wear off. I'm impressed he was able to jump up there.
6 comments:
Glad everything went well.
glad to hear moby is back at home with clean teeth!
i noticed a fragrance issue when my pups had their teeth cleaned and decided it might be some kind of fragrant antiseptic or liquid cleaner used to clean them afterwards - perhaps they had urinated a little during or post anesthesia and needed to be cleaned? i hated the fragrance myself - i should have asked.
Glad he's okay. I can't imagine what torture it must be for those animals, who have a far greater sense of smell than we do, to smell that perfume when they are already feeling distressed.
Aw, yes, I remember my cat doing that painful indecision thing! And the shock of its rarity - they're generally so equably present in their cattish world that introspection or hesitation is not evident. He looks so like her - she was all black too. I'm glad the vet visit was nothing more serious.
Well done Moby and Z and D.
I wonder if Moby has been sprayed with a fragrance? The ONLY time I took Bryn to a professional for one of his twice yearly baths, he came home reeking of what she called 'one of the new doggy fragrances'. He went straight outside and rolled in the dust. I had to wash him again the next day to get rid of the perfume.
Too bad about the odour. Good news about the quick recovery.
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