Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Surgery Cancelled
First, thank you everyone for all the well wishes.
So, where do I even start. Well, when I dropped Sol off for her surgery this morning, I had a sneaking suspicion that it would not be happening today. Sol, had a little cough last Thursday when we took her to the vet. At that point, I didn't really think much of it because she has been prone to coughing / hacking since she we got her.
I mentioned it to the vet and he wasn't overly alarmed. He said it could be acid reflux and gave me instructions on how to proceed.
Well, over the weekend, Sol's cough kept getting worse and worse. So bad that I started to have doubts that she would be ready for surgery today. I even recorded one of her coughing fits to show the vet, just incase she wasn't coughing when I dropped her off this morning.
But, the video proved unnecessary because Sol was coughing at the vet's office this morning. When I dropped her, the vet was not in the office yet, so we proceeded as normal knowing that she would get fully checked out before surgery.
Finally around noon, I talked to the vet and he told me he wanted to hold off on surgery for now and treat Sol's cough.
Why is Sol coughing? Well at this point we aren't sure. There could be a whole slew of reasons why and they run the gamut from easily treatable to very serious.
So we are starting with the easiest, least invasive treatment. Sol was prescribed some meds to help reduce inflammation that is hopefully causing her cough. She has another surgery appointment for next Wednesday. At that time, if her cough is gone, she will have her mammory tumors removed. If the cough still has not gone away, she will be sedated so they can do a scope of her throat & trachea area to see if there are any abnormalities.
Thank you all for going on this roller coaster ride with us. Your support means the world to us. And don't worry, we have bottled up all your well wishes and are saving them for next Wednesday.
Update: Also, I forgot to mention it, but Sol is back home and snoring away at my feet. The first thing she wanted to do when she got home was eat. The second was sleep 
marcia
09/09/2009
Poor little Sol. I get tears in my eyes everytime I think of all she has been through. YOu all will remain in our thoughts and prayers.
Puggy kisses Sol.