Please keep Toby in your thoughts

[diannenet]

Thanks everyone. Yes Shinja, Science Hill does have treats that I will definitely need to get.

Jan, the vet did mention there would be blood in the urine and not to panic. Toby uses stairs all the time. I will definitely be watching him. I understand the recovery is fairly quick although the stitches won't come out for 10 days. He is never crated. I may put his belly band on him for the first day or so. He usually doesn't wear it unless we are leaving him and Speedy home when we are out shopping.

What will be tough is tomorrow morning at 6 a.m. when he is barking and bouncing on my wanting his breakfast! This dog's internal clock is unbelievable and he doesn't stop until he gets what he wants. Hopefully I can keep him in bed until it's time for me to get ready for work and then I will take him straight to the vet.

[diannenet]

Can one of you tell me how many stitches they usually get after this type of surgery and will he need to wear a cone? I'm hoping NO CONE! I'm wondering if I just put a belly band on him if that will cover the stitches and keep him from pottying on the floor if he can't hold it.

[barkleylove]

No stitches for Barkley. I think they used absorbable ones on the inside and glued the skin on the outside. I'm not sure if that is the standard way of doing it or not. The incision was about 3 inches long.

[diannenet]

Yikes! Vet said Toby will need to come back in about ten days to get the stitches out so I guess they won't be gluing him back together. Probably a good thing because he's fast and if I turn my head for one second, he might be off and "running" (not really).

[mimimomo]

I hope all goes well for Toby!

[diannenet]

Thanks Jenny, I do too!

[yorkietalkjilly]

Praying for Toby and hoping all goes perfectly.

[MomtoJasper]

Prayers lifted that all goes well for Toby today!

[yorkietalkjilly]

Hoping to hear Toby awake and okay and praying for that little one.

[Maximo]

Thinking of Toby and looking forward to hearing he is home.

[diannenet]

Toby is home and all doped up. LOL He only had one stone but it was as big around as a pencil eraser. The vet said it doesn't look like a struvite stone on the outside but it's possible that it is on the inside. Will have to wait for the lab results. He did great. He still has his catheter in until tomorrow morning when I take him back for his post op visit. She said he did go out and potty today but I can't get the little guy to even stay awake enough to stand up to potty. I took him out and all he did was lay down so I brought him back in. She wants me to feed him half of what he normally gets and continue his antibiotic but he has no interest in food or going potty. He has about 9-10 stitches. His dental went great. No gum disease and no loose teeth. Below is the stone (will need to zoom in to really see it). It reminds me of a piece of coral from the ocean. I borrowed Speedy's crate to pick him up so that's why you see him on a pink blanket. LOL

[Patti]

Poor baby. I am glad he is out of surgery and hope he feels better soon.

[diannenet]

Thanks Patti. I think keeping him calm after he completely coherent is going to be the difficult part. UGH

[AllDogBoots]

Glad surgery went well! Poor Toby. He should feel better soon.

[yorkietalkjilly]

Prayers answered and little Toby is coming along nicely, it sounds. He's very blessed to have you and vice versa! Keep the updates coming as you can. I'm praying Toby is totally well very very soon.