Pet Lovers: Stitches are out...Post 101

[jacksonsmom]

********UPDATE**************

I am sorry to keep you all waiting. I am touched by the support. The last 24 hours have been up and down with my emotions.

I will fill you in with Herbie as we currently stand. Please bear with me as we JUST got home from the emergency vet and I have had maybe a total of one hour of sleep while waiting the emergency lobby, dozing off and on.

So after my last update we took Herbie into the cities. It is about 2 hrs away so we didn't get there until around 6:00pm. The doctor tried to get a catheter in him and he could not do it either. It would only get the a certain point and would not go any farther.

His recommendation at this point was surgery. Without much of a choice we agreed but we had to drive Herbie to ANOTHER emergency vet hospital that had a surgeon who did the surgery.

We got over there about 10:00pm. At first he tried to catheterize him and he too had no luck.
He said surgery is our only opinion at this point. He decided to do Perineal Urethrostomy.
They started surgery around 11:30pm.

Unfortunately the problem was more sereve then thought. It turns out that he did not have stones that were blocking him but scar tissue.
See when I adopted Herbie he was mending a broken hind leg. They did not know how it happened as he was a stray.
Well all the vets I talked to last night believe he also suffered trauma to his pelvic area at the time he broke his leg. The vet said if he would guess he would think it was from a serve kick or a human stepped on him. That broke my heart How can someone do that?!?!

Anyway, the vet did what he could do. He told me it is now just wait and see if the surgery was successful.
The surgeron said the prognosis is fair but complications are possible. Long term is 50/50

Right now he is at the 24 hr emergency vet hospital in the cities where they are keeping a close eye on him. These first few hours will be the most critical.

As to why this all started after the netured is anyone's guess. He had this problem all along and looking back he did have some small signs but I didn't catch them. (Guilt)

I saw Herbie after surgery and before we left the hospital. He looks miserable. My heart is breaking for my baby
I am so scared that the surgery will not be successful and I put him through all of this for no reason

THANK YOU all for your support. PLEASE keep Herbie in your thoughts and prayers/pixie dust. He definitely needs them!
I want my baby to live!!! He is JUST a baby kitten, he deserves a good life.

I will keep you updated as I find out information.

 

[CheshireVal]

I am so sorry. I cried reading your post. Poor Herbie. He's so lucky to have a family like yours looking after him.

I'm praying for the poor guy.

 

[Miss Jasmine]

Herbie (and you) are in my prayers.

 

[Planogirl]

Aw, the poor little guy. I'll be praying for him and you hang in there too.

 

[chrissyk]

Did he end up having the perineal urethrostomy, or did he actually have the prepubic urethrostomy? I get the sense that if they couldn't pass a catheter and "did what they could do," he might have had the same surgery that my cat had. I know how you are feeling. You wonder if you just put him through pain for no good result. The good news is that this surgery has a very good success rate, and probably even more so in this case because Herbie is so young. My guess is that he will bounce back in about 2 weeks' time.

We are just back from getting our cat's sutures out. Our surgeon is thrilled with how our cat has healed. I think that if a nearly 10 year-old cat can recover this well from the surgery, little Herbie has a great chance of being just fine

 

[eclectics]

Don't beat yourself up. You're doing what any good "mom" would do! I'm sure Herbie will be back home soon and you can put this nightmare behind you. More prayers and PD for Herbie and you Get some rest. We're all pulling for Herbie! aw:

 

[disneynutt1225]

Good luck to you and Herbie! I hope he has a speedy recovery and is with you for many years to come. Keep your chin up! I'll keep you in my thoughts and prayers.

 

[chyam]

I am so sorry. I cried reading your post. Poor Herbie. He's so lucky to have a family like yours looking after him.

I'm praying for the poor guy.

Me Too..............I am still crying I cannot believe how humans can be so mean, I will keep Herbie in my thoughts

 

[robinb]

Exactly what surgery did he have? Did they fix his pelvis?

Don't beat yourself up about not catching the problem sooner! You're a good kitty mom and I can tell that you and Herbie love each other very much. He is very lucky you adopted him. {{hugs}} and continued good wishes.

 

[AllyandJack]

I am so sorry. I hope Herbie pulls through.

 

[horseshowmom]

I am so sorry. I cried reading your post. Poor Herbie. He's so lucky to have a family like yours looking after him.

I'm praying for the poor guy.

Same here...

 

[nativetxn]

Poor Herbie. I hope the vets can get him all better soon.

Katholyn

 

[Lady M]

I definitely understand the worry and concern you feel over the well-being of Herbie. I will keep him in my thoughts and prayers that he will get well soon and return to good health.

Marie

 

[mousey]

Come on little Herbie--get better so you can go home and cuddle with your Momma! You are a strong little guy and you have a long life ahead of you. Prayers and pixie dust on the way......

 

[minnie56]

But how blessed that you are his Mummy

Sending up a prayer that this will do the trick and he, and you, will never look back.

Many hugs....
Keep us updated.

 

[chyam]

I keep returning to this post to check on updates.....after reading it this morning my heart was so sad thinking of such a little guy going through so much! But cats are usually pretty resilent so I am hoping Herbie has at least another 8 lives left! Come on Herbie!!!

 

[kjs1976]

My Lily and I will be sending a millions prayers your way tonight

 

[chrissyk]

Bumping up...we are wondering how Herbie is doing too. That first day after the surgery is so scary Update us when you can.

 

[minnie56]

Stopping by and hoping he is feeling better??

Hey Chrissyk..How's Houdini feeling?

 

[Snowysmom]

Poor Herbie! I do hope you hear some good news soon. It is amazing what they can do for our pets now. You and Herbie will be in my prayers.