Jun 22 2006
Canine
Pepe had to have his teeth cleaned and the veterinarian found that three out of four of his canines (the big teeth on the corners of his jaws) had to be extracted. So now he’s almost toothless, and really has problems keeping his tongue inside his mouth. He still has all his molars though and uses them to crack the dog food we give him. We’re glad we don’t have to give him canned soft food yet, because it makes his poop stinky and fluid.
With only one canine left he’s almost feline now.
Friday, 23 June, 2006 @ 11:48
One of his teeth had such a big abcess that it rotted a hole right through his jaw into his nose. Now that the tooth is gone, thereís a fistula (hole) connecting his jaw and his nose so that food and water can come out his nose when he eats. For the next couple of weeks while the fistula heals and (we hope) closes, we need to use a syringe to flush bits of food out of the hole to keep it clean. When I picked him up the vet showed me how to do it, making him sneeze blood and pus everywhere. Very gross. But since heís been home it seems to be healing nicely. All that happens now when I flush out the hole is maybe a little sneezing, but no blood. I am pretty tolerant of grossness generally, but I must say Iím relieved.
But that droll lolling toungue is worth it all!
Friday, 23 June, 2006 @ 18:59
He’s still very cute, though !
Monday, 26 June, 2006 @ 17:14
Won’t his poop become more solid the longer he is on the canned food and his stomach adapts to it? I just had to have one our cats put to sleep. I am at a very sad time in my life, my sis in law was killed in a single mva, leaving three children behind. I am grief.
Tuesday, 27 June, 2006 @ 00:30
I’m sorry to hear that. I hope you find the support you need.
Tuesday, 27 June, 2006 @ 08:24
Oh Char! I’m so sorry. Your life is so full of family, both furred and not, that I know how wrenching this must be for all of you.
(Mark, meet Char: we shared a lot of giggles as she talked me through that first Internet encounter and helped me strategise for pee breaks. Char, meet Mark, my last internet encounter.)
I’m not going to say anything comforting, because there’s no comfort to offer. This is just plain horrible. Things *will* be better a year from now, but we aren’t a year from now, we’re today.
Hugs!