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You can imagine what a bundle of nerves she was by the time I went to pick her up!
Ta!
) and the cats and dogs and I'm off to the land of Nod. I need to leave here about 1 PM tomorrow and, knowing how my insomnia gets worse when I'm worried, I hope not to be still twiddling my thumbs at stupid o'clock! :roll: I am really hoping he is doing better so he can come home, he has been very much missed these few days. I'm just so glad the vet was able to help him at all, honestly for how long he was having trouble, I might've gotten some very different news.
Thank you so much bunny momma
Okay, just got off the phone with his doctor.
The stone was lodged in the urethra, so there was some tug and pull to get it out. As such, he wants to be sure there was no damage done to the bladder wall and Fiver will be closely monitored at least through tomorrow. If he has no leakage, it will be okay to bring him home. However, since we live so far out, I may have him kept till Saturday to be certain he will be alright.
His vet is flying out tomorrow for two days (not sure why, I didn't pry) and so the practice manager vet will be watching Fiver to see how he gets on. He is not out of the woods by any means, but the vet said his heart rate and breathing stabilized well after the stone was extracted, so he will be feeling much better now. He thinks he is doing well so far and hopes are high that he will recover fully.
I feel terrible still. I should've seen this coming with how sedentary he was getting and how I was feeding him. It just does not do to gamble with oxalates. We will be adjusting his diet along with the recommendations of the lab who will test his stone.
Personally, back to hay and water I think for my little man. They've not failed him to this point and it was only my stupidity that brought this on by adding veggies he did not need and that weren't right for him.
Onward and upwards. If everyone would please continue to think of him and wish him well in his recovery. I am so very grateful to you all!
I wish I'd known, I would've gone back and helped them, he will let me catch him on occasion and probably would've been a lot calmer if I'd retrieved him. But after I got him home (the car ride was a little stressful) and he'd gone into his enclosure he immediately jumped into his litterbox and went face first into his hay basket and began eating! :lol: They were still syringe feeding him today and said I should be prepared to do so, I don't think I'm going to have to! That's going to make him unhappy, but we don't want him tearing anything. You are all so wonderful! And Fiver wants me to be sure you all know how grateful he is for your vibes. They clearly helped him get through this terrible ordeal. 
Hello everyone! Thank you so much again for all the vibes! I am certain they have worked.
Latest Fiver update coming up:
Well I got to bring him home this afternoon. (It's about midnight here now.) I have to say, I think he was glad to hear my voice and see it was me coming to get him. His head came up when he heard my voice and he fixed an eye on me and hardly let me out of his sight from that point. He was VERY stressed when I first saw him, apparently they'd had a hard time getting him into his carrier.
He did seem to get a bit uncomfy about 9 PM tonight and I'd forgotten that they hadn't given him metacam in the evenings, so I dosed him and within a half hour he was able to lie down again. Seems like he flinches a bit when he tries to pee or poo, I guess that's to be expected for awhile. He is on strict cage rest for two weeks.
He's not drinking much, but I've given him a nice portion of green leaf lettuce tonight to take his meds with. He is on Trimeth Sulfa for two weeks. He sucks it right down like a trooper. I've seen only a little wee in his tray tonight, but none of it is that horrible brown color. He is a different bunny from the one I took in as an emergency three days ago.
It's so nice to see him laying in his cuddly cup. The last time I saw him he was hunched over in terrible pain and squeaking. I never want to see that again.
He also apparently tore two toenails while he was there. Perhaps they got caught in the bedding I had in his carrier or in his cage at the vets, but they clipped them all so at least I don't have to do those now. Sadly I didn't get anything for his sore hock, but I'll call his vet tomorrow (he should be back in town) and see if he'll script him some silvadine. ( <sp? )
I'm to check the incision at least once a day, but not wash it. He has no follow up appointment set, I'll ask the vet about that also tomorrow.
I want to thank everyone who has been puling for him.
Bless you all! xxxxx
And as I was trying to get hold of him to lift him out and examine his suture area, he deliberately weed over the outer edge of his bedding and it definitely is a shade of red, but it is very dilute. So he is drinking a bit more and there is output, that is good. My vet knows I am rubbish with sub q's but if I feel he needs them I will attempt it, (I still have Tooey's bag here, unused) he is far too active at present, so with some added (non oxalate) greens I think we can manage his hydration okay. I never got a look at the stone or the xray, although I have the dictated notes of all his procedures now going back a few years. His op seemed to go very smoothly except for getting at the stone. His midline incision is at least 6 inches long. If I didn't know better I would've thought they'd just spayed him! I can only imagine how painful those guts were the first 24 hours...after all, I remember my Cesarean section and recovery very well! xxxx
