catherine09
Mama Doe
As some of you will read (can't link the thread atm as the internet is being rubbish!) I took on a little harli lionhead called Gizmo a few weeks ago, who had stasis and the previous owners didn't want him.
He was vaccinated 2 weeks ago, and was improving so much, no longer scared of me, poops were lovely and eating more hay etc...
Well yesterday he went in for his neuter, unfortunately things really didn't go to plan at all.
As soon as they administered the anaesthetic, he basically died. His heart stopped and he stopped breathing. Luckily as he was with a very savvy vet they already had him tubed, so were able to breathe for him and try and resuscitate, giving a dose of adrenaline to try and help. His heart was stopped for approximately 5 minutes and Charlotte (the vet) had nearly given up when it started beating again. They then had to manually breathe for him for 30 minutes
They thought he was braindead due to lack of oxygen, but by 2pm he had started blinking for himself again - at 3 he started twitching his nose and by 5 he was just about holding his head up. He came home with me at half 6 last night, with the hope that in the evening and overnight he would slowly come back into a state of consciousness so we could assess what damage to the brain has been done.
Last night he did become more alert, twitching his legs when we stroked him and blinking freely, and twitching his nose a lot. I tried on various occasions to syringe water into his mouth, most of it dribbled out but I am hoping that he swallowed at least a tiny bit. I'm not going to even try and syringe feed him until I've spoken to vet (waiting for a call back now) as I'm scared that as he is not swallowing the water very well, he won't be able to swallow the recovery food and there is a risk of choking etc if he can't work the muscles properly. I am very nervous as he hasn't really had any food for 24 hours now, I keep tempting him with basil, grated carrot etc and he moves his head like he is trying to eat it, and once he sort of moved his mouth towards the food but it's like he hasn't got the strength or knowhow to actually take the food.
He's still lay down, he can lift his head but not for long so it is supported on a towel for the minute. He can twitch his legs but nothing more. Had a few poops. Very worried
In addition to all this - the reason he was bad under anaesthetic is because he is chronic pastuerella pneumonia in his lungs, vet only heard it when the tube was in. Will discuss treatment for that when/if he gets through this....
Please, he really desperately needs all the vibes he can at the moment. Will update when vet calls me back
ETA: Just thought I should really have put this post in health instead of RC - mods feel free to move it
He was vaccinated 2 weeks ago, and was improving so much, no longer scared of me, poops were lovely and eating more hay etc...
Well yesterday he went in for his neuter, unfortunately things really didn't go to plan at all.
As soon as they administered the anaesthetic, he basically died. His heart stopped and he stopped breathing. Luckily as he was with a very savvy vet they already had him tubed, so were able to breathe for him and try and resuscitate, giving a dose of adrenaline to try and help. His heart was stopped for approximately 5 minutes and Charlotte (the vet) had nearly given up when it started beating again. They then had to manually breathe for him for 30 minutes
They thought he was braindead due to lack of oxygen, but by 2pm he had started blinking for himself again - at 3 he started twitching his nose and by 5 he was just about holding his head up. He came home with me at half 6 last night, with the hope that in the evening and overnight he would slowly come back into a state of consciousness so we could assess what damage to the brain has been done.
Last night he did become more alert, twitching his legs when we stroked him and blinking freely, and twitching his nose a lot. I tried on various occasions to syringe water into his mouth, most of it dribbled out but I am hoping that he swallowed at least a tiny bit. I'm not going to even try and syringe feed him until I've spoken to vet (waiting for a call back now) as I'm scared that as he is not swallowing the water very well, he won't be able to swallow the recovery food and there is a risk of choking etc if he can't work the muscles properly. I am very nervous as he hasn't really had any food for 24 hours now, I keep tempting him with basil, grated carrot etc and he moves his head like he is trying to eat it, and once he sort of moved his mouth towards the food but it's like he hasn't got the strength or knowhow to actually take the food.
He's still lay down, he can lift his head but not for long so it is supported on a towel for the minute. He can twitch his legs but nothing more. Had a few poops. Very worried
In addition to all this - the reason he was bad under anaesthetic is because he is chronic pastuerella pneumonia in his lungs, vet only heard it when the tube was in. Will discuss treatment for that when/if he gets through this....
Please, he really desperately needs all the vibes he can at the moment. Will update when vet calls me back
ETA: Just thought I should really have put this post in health instead of RC - mods feel free to move it