Just thought I would do a little update. Alfie came round quite well from the anaesthetic this time and was lively quite quickly. He has an open wound of about 2cm diameter on his lower jaw which we are washing daily and which is protected by a buster collar. What I didn’t expect when I picked him up was how swollen his eye is. The caruncle (I think that’s what the fleshy bit in the corner is called) is bright red and protruding massively. We have an eye lubricant to administer as he cannot blink on that side.
He has had some very small nuggets and pea flakes today as well as syringed water and lots of critical feed. We went for a post op check today and they said that it is too early to tell but the wound was nice and clean and he had put on a little weight and is pooing.
He is still on metacam and Baytrill (the vet said penacillin was not licensed so they could only prescribe this if Baytrill does not work).
We have made up the spare bedroom for him and are keeping this as clean and clinical as possible with new towels on the floor every day.
I will post an update during next week, we have another appointment Tuesday