Zebulon's Saga Continues

Zebulon's Saga Continues

Tuesday morning Zeb's still in the hospital, his vitals are good, but he's still not eating, they are feeding him through a feeding tube.  We wanted to go and visit, but the vet said it may make him more anxious if we visit and then leave again as they'd like to keep him one more night... Hopefully this morning if he's still doing well and we can finally take him home.

Vet Update 9AM:Hello just wanted to give you an update on Zeb. So far he is doing well overall. He just started eating a small amount for us which is a good start. His vitals have been normal and he is bright and alert. His incision overall looks good, it is slightly swollen and red (likely from him licking it) but he is starting to lick at it and so we did place a cone on him (Cone of shame...) to keep from licking at it and he is doing well with that so far.

I spoke to the doctor as far as the plan for him today, they would like to continue care through the day, ensure he keeps eating and is able to hold his food down, and pending how he does through the day hopefully go home later this evening. Well that didn't work out... We went to see Zen tonight, Zeb is still kinda out of it and now has edema on his right legs, ugh they'll keep him overnight again, they took him off the IV fluids and are walking him every hour to bring the swelling down.  He looks very sore from the surgeries. It was so great to see him!  We brought some chicken, he didn't want it, 😥

 

The plan is to bring Zeb home today Wednesday, our plans have been dashed several times though so we'll see what happens today. They let us take him home, said he was anxious and not eating... We drove back to Manchester to get him, reviewed his release instructions, he's on 5 different meds for pain, some antibiotics, something to help with swelling. He looked a little better when we arrived and had a sparkle in his eye, and on top of that he was happy to see us. Once home Rose had him eating within an hour, I snuck him a chicken nugget, while Rose was feeding him yogurt and canned IAMs dog food. Yay! He slept for almost an hour this afternoon. He ate almost a normal size dinner yay! He has not had a bowel movement, kinda hard to do when you're not eating though. Sure is great to have him home! He's going to have a rough couple of weeks healing as he's still quite swollen.  Did I mention how great it is to have him home!

Looks very sore and angry to me... it does look better now.

 

Rose is simply an amazing mom to her babies, she's been up with Zeb the past two nights, he gets real anxious and a bit loopy on one of the meds, and his stitches started leaking we thought maybe from the edema he popped a couple stitches. We'd re-bandaged the area multiple times already this morning, we'll have to make a run to Rite-Aid soon to replenish first aid supplies.  He's still eating good and taking his meds so if we can get this oozing under control so the area continues to heal we'll be in good shape.

We couldn't get the bleeding/oozing under control, back to the Emergency room on Friday with him, well after a 4 hour+ wait they said the leaking was normal and they wanted that to happen, that's not what his discharge instructions said though. His now empty sac was infected... We're to keep doing what we're doing, using warm/cold compresses waiting for his meds to kick in on the infection, they upped up his meds to help keep him sleepier, less movement the better. We're back home now, we both feared they'd want to keep him overnight again.  Rose was wrecked from not sleeping for two days, being up with restless Zeb and dealing with the leaking around the stitches the past two nights. I'm up at 4:30 am Saturday morning, Rose was finally able to get some well deserved sleep! Zeb's doing a bit better daily now. The add-on med to make him more lethargic is doing just that. It's been a crazy couple of days here on the homestead, we both can't wait for things to go back to normal, whatever that is.

Winston our lab puppy is still growing like a weed, he lost his first baby tooth on Monday.

James and Lee stopped by last Monday night for a visit.

The Starlings and Blackbirds are starting to flock up already... Where did the summer go?

Dads door handle from Amazon finally delivered today...

 

I was out taking Winston for a potty run and we saw this guy, What the neck is that? 3+" long, as big around as my little finger...

Maybe this:

Emperor Moth

Scientific name: Saturnia pavonia

This European species belongs to a large group of moths commonly called "giant silk moths." The caterpillars are generally very large and often green in color, although they almost always have tubercles, spines, or club-like structures. The group ranges around the world, but the emperor moth and its related species are generally found only in Eurasia. These moths are not common, and since the adults fly at night and hide during the day, they are seldom seen. The caterpillars are sometimes encountered after they have left the food plant and are searching for a good place to spin a cocoon.

The Geese are flocking in the fields, that's it folks, summer is over, lol. Everything is starting to scream fall is here.

Bette Davis who famously said, “Old age isn’t for sissies!”

Winston laid on the floor this morning and cleaned Zeb's ear still wearing his cone of shame (to keep him from licking his healing stitches) as he lay under Rose's desk this morning.