"Mr. Rocco"
An Update on Mr. Rocco.
You could tell he knew something was up.
It was so hard not being able to let him have his morning snacks. He looked at me as to say
"Don't forget about me. Where are my snacks?"
He was only allowed water after 10pm the night before.
He did take a quick drink of water and we were on our way to the vet office early.
I dropped him off around 8:00am that morning with that sick feeling in my stomach that i get when leaving any of our pets at the vet.
On the ride home i always try hard to think back on all the joy each of our pets have brought to us. he positive thinking seems to help with the worrying.
He went into surgery and the mass on his left leg and the mass in his mouth were removed. Several of his teeth had to be removed to get to all of the mass in his mouth.
The called and said everything went well. The feel they got evertyhing out and they would bi-op a sample.
Rocco was so out of it that the vet suggested he stay the night and i could come and get him the next day. The next 24 hours seem to drag on forever. I called and was able to go get him around 11am.
When they brought him from the back, you could see he was still in medicine land.
He was glad to se me and was pulling to get out of the door.
At home he went straight to his bed and went to sleep.
The next couple of days were very rough. The medicine was wearing off and he would not eat or drink.
We were so worried that we took him back to the vet on day 3. They gave him a pain shot and put on a pain patch which he wore for 4 days.
He remained out of it for the rest of the day and that night.
The next moring he woke up and started drinking and eat soft food.
We put his medicine in the sort food and he ate it with no problems.
Today marks the two week mark since his surgery. He continues improving everyday.
He is still not 100 percent. But, he is back to most of his regular routine taking it slower than normal.
He loves getting his soft canned food. For now, we will just keep with that for a couple more weeks.
Rocco, our oldest JBAD is home and we are all so happy that he is with us.
