Looking forward to getting this trio back together again! Friday is our projected discharge day. We got down to Starkville later than usual and visited with Kirby, Jennifer and Dr. Sullivant for a while as Kirby lay on the sofa and "held court" being rubbed by both mom and dad.
His kidney values were the same as yesterday. Still improved 50% but Dr. Sullivant says sometime it can stay the same for a day and then jump back down the next day. We talked about a lot of things like the Cushing's Disease test later and his allergies. He was much more alert today. Hard to get to used to him stumbling into my leg though. It's going to take us all a while to grasp the blindness. We've ordered a leash and vest that says BLIND DOG so parents hopefully won't let kids walk up and try to pet him. He wasn't real fond of little kids before and being unaware of them until they are right there might not be good. We'll see if the fear of them goes away now that he can't see them as LARGE dogs which is what we felt like he thought.
When
they left him with us for a few minutes and checked to make sure Kirby
could be last of "rounds" this afternoon, he was determined to "mark"
the carpet in the room because another dog had just been there and there
was fur and scent. He walked around, tangled his catheter tubing
around the leg of a side table and while Russ was trying to redirect
Kirby around the obstacle AND keep the tubing straight...IT HAPPENED!
Kirby pulled the catheter out. Completely. AND he marked the floor
with his own pee out of his own body (thank you very much). He was
pretty proud. Us not so much since we were deep into Bulldog territory
and had goofed. LOL
They were very gracious about how easy it was going to be to put it back in (although they had it "stitched" in before) so we hugged Kirby good-bye and hit the road. Jennifer will call us for the nightly report later. He still has all three of the ports in the neck for medications and IV fluids. OR, he did when we left. LOL
We'll go back about 2:00 tomorrow and try to avoid any catastrophes. Thank you for your continued prayers. We appreciate it more than you can know.
They were very gracious about how easy it was going to be to put it back in (although they had it "stitched" in before) so we hugged Kirby good-bye and hit the road. Jennifer will call us for the nightly report later. He still has all three of the ports in the neck for medications and IV fluids. OR, he did when we left. LOL
We'll go back about 2:00 tomorrow and try to avoid any catastrophes. Thank you for your continued prayers. We appreciate it more than you can know.
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