Well, our visit today with Kirby was as different as night and day from yesterday. Where he was bouncy and energetic yesterday...looking like our old Kirby--today he was tired and lethargic. Exhausted. The urinary catheter had been removed and now he is able to "do his thing" and that usually was before he could get outside. Of course, he has no idea where "outside" is.
He came back inside and took a nap between Russ and me for about an hour. Deep sleep. Protected by his people sleep. He drank a little water and got to skip rounds today and stay with us longer. They said he had been up at about 4:00 this morning when they had an admission. He was circling in his kennel and kept getting tangled. Bless him.
We left at about 5:00 and went to get a sandwich. After dinner, we decided we would go back to the vet hospital and see if Dr. Sullivant was available to talk. She was doing a discharge which is a lengthy procedure but one of the other vets came out to talk with us. She stays with Kirby each night in the ICC so she knew him well. Even knew he liked his ears rubbed. God, I love these people.
In speaking with Dr. Chenn, we agreed that Kirby was probably having some discomfort from having had a urinary catheter for a week and had to have reinserted a couple of days ago. Now when he's urinating, it's probably causing some discomfort. So, she's going to talk to his vet about adding a little pain medication for tonight. Parents feel better and are headed home now.
Kirby will not be discharged Friday. It will be Saturday instead. Hopefully. Still praying. Still praising God.
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