Emergency Surgery

Its been a rough week! We caught a little cold over the weekend and spent a few days in bed. I was pet sitting for a friend who has four dogs, three cats, three aquariums, a bird, a hamster, roughly twenty sugar gliders, and a koi pond. Between naps I was running to their house to tend to the critters. I awoke from one nap to find that Dozer had ripped some stuffing out of our comforter on the bed. We cleaned up the stuffing and threw his butt in bed without much thought. Monday morning we were still feeling bad and went to the doctor. When we got back from the doctor Dozer had thrown up some stuffing in his cage. While cleaning it up he started throwing up all over the house. By mid-afternoon he was still trying to eat grass and not much else so we took him to the vet. He had some x-rays done but other than some gas build up we could not see anything for sure. He would eat almost nothing and the meds the doc gave him made him very strange. He even snapped at the other dogs which he has never done! Any little noise seemed to startle him and now he would not even drink water. The next day he stayed at the vet all day and had barium treatments with xrays every couple of hours. It was obvious by the end of the day he had a blockage in his stomach and would require surgery. Yesterday he was in surgery for two and half hours. The doctor removed over two feet of stuffing that was strung through his stomach and intestines. He was lucky to be alive. We visited him last night and got to love on him a little before he was put to bed for the night. He made it through the surgery and now infection was our main concern. His mom made it clear that he could not die on her and gave him a strict command to keep on fighting. This morning the reports are good and he seems to be doing better. His next test will be this afternoon when he will be offered soft food and water. If he will accept food and water and keep it down he will be allowed to come home tonight.

update..
He gets to come home, if only for tonight. He's still not eating but hes not running a high temp either. We're going to try to get him to take some food and water tonight, if not he's going back to doc tomorrow. Baby steps but in the right direction...