Eriathwens piggies

Mabels surgery went well and we got a call about 1pm saying we could pick her up 😄 she's wide awake, nice neat little incision although I'm slightly concerned about the pink bit at the bottom but I'll keep an eye on it. She's eating pretty well too.
Her cysts were absolutely huge! I cant believe the size of them, I'm so glad I decided to collect her so she could get the surgery she needed to be comfortable again because there's no way she didn't feel those.

Of course knowing the kind of weirdo that I am, my vet had put them in the freezer and came out to ask if I wanted to see them 🤣 of course I said yes so just a word of warning, the very last pictures will be of what was removed from her! The white thing that is circled is her ovary 😱

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Bill & Ted said:
Wow, bet she is glad to be rid of that lot! Ovarian cysts make you feel yucky I can vouch for that!
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I bet she is! I keep look at the picture, I knew they were big because when my vet first palpated for them he held them in place so I could have a feel.. but I figured the hair, skin and fat was making them feel bigger than they were.. I just cant get over how big they are! If anything they look bigger than what I'd felt 😦
 
Eriathwen said:
I bet she is! I keep look at the picture, I knew they were big because when my vet first palpated for them he held them in place so I could have a feel.. but I figured the hair, skin and fat was making them feel bigger than they were.. I just cant get over how big they are! If anything they look bigger than what I'd felt 😦
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Mine was the size of a tennis ball 🎾
 
Wow poor Mabel….. she’ll thrive now those have gone
That must be the equivalent to a large pumpkin for us !
Get better soon Mabel …..your slave will look after you 🥰
 
When Betsy had her spay her ovarian cysts were 7cms long and "very round" on both sides. Mabel will feel much better those are out.
 
Shes only done about 4 poos since getting home, and her eating is up and down, she's finding it a little hard to get comfortable although she's leaning her head and front legs on the folded piece of vet bed at the side of the pen by the radiator which I assume lifts her incision off the floor.
She has fought syringe feeding since I started, until just now, where she seemed to suddenly realise it was making her feel better.. so hopefully feeding her overnight will be a little quicker as each feeding has been taking about 2 hours! Fingers crossed tomorrow she has began eating by herself or she will have to go back to see the vet, poor thing.

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Aw look at her little face, hope she feels more comfortable soon and gets eating
 
Hope Mabel is better today - really hoping she is more comfortable and eating on her own 🥰
 
Well it's been a night.. by 10pm I couldn't stand seeing her in pain and discomfort any more as she was falling asleep standing up and crying every time I tried to feed her, so worked out the lowest gabapentin dose she could have and gave her some of Silvers gabapentin. Well, it worked a treat! She has been taking her syringe food much easier and began eating some hay by herself, at 1am the floodgates opened to loads of poops and she has been laying down fully and getting some sleep.
Now the injectable drugs have worn off shes back on metacam, and a decent dose of it, which seems to be managing her pain well. I have emeprid and cisipride still if she needs it but it doesn't look like she will.

She is still not very mobile, but I'm sure that will come with time after shes rested more and got more food passing through her. Plus her guts must suddenly have so much more space! Probably feels weird.
Here's to a hopefully less eventful day where I can wean her off the syringe feeds or at least space them out a bit more.

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Eriathwen said:
Well it's been a night.. by 10pm I couldn't stand seeing her in pain and discomfort any more as she was falling asleep standing up and crying every time I tried to feed her, so worked out the lowest gabapentin dose she could have and gave her some of Silvers gabapentin. Well, it worked a treat! She has been taking her syringe food much easier and began eating some hay by herself, at 1am the floodgates opened to loads of poops and she has been laying down fully and getting some sleep.
Now the injectable drugs have worn off shes back on metacam, and a decent dose of it, which seems to be managing her pain well. I have emeprid and cisipride still if she needs it but it doesn't look like she will.

She is still not very mobile, but I'm sure that will come with time after shes rested more and got more food passing through her. Plus her guts must suddenly have so much more space! Probably feels weird.
Here's to a hopefully less eventful day where I can wean her off the syringe feeds or at least space them out a bit more.

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Aw, she is totally pancaked no, hope she is feeling much better x
 
Glad to hear things are heading in the right direction. Hope Mabel continues to recover well.❤️
 
So luckily while I was out my vet called to let me know the results of my cats urine sample I dropped in yesterday, as I was in pets at home anyway getting cat food I just went in to chat with him about it. We also discussed Mabel and decided to give her cisipride to help her appetite which does actually seem to be helping already.
Shes currently peeing orange but I've a feeling that's from the red pepper she took to the vet with her. But I'll keep a close eye on her. The drops I tested weren't blood, so fingers crossed.
 
Thankyou! She deserves to be the centre of attention after being someone else's after thought for so long, in the last 24 hours I feel like we've really bonded, shes starting to move about a little more and her urine seems to be clearing. She's also still eating and pooping loads so it looks like I can at least get a good 6 hours uninterrupted sleep and she can get some peace from me for a while 😅 she's so ready to join the others, she's always watching them and trying to get their attention through the bars. Hopefully she heals nice and quickly so she can meet them!
 
Mabel had her first post op check over the phone a little while ago, passed with flying colours :) she's doing great, still eating in spite of no syringe feeding since last night, just about to do her breakfast. I did wake up early to give her cisipride as she got it as soon as I got home at 5pm ish and didn't want her to wait hours for the 2nd dose, but hopefully she shouldn't need it more than a couple days.

Best of all, shes comfortable, able able lay down properly to sleep and moving around the entire cage again! She looks much happier and brighter today.

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What great news. The care you give her makes all the difference. xx
 
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