Good news! The vet just called and Max just finished his surgery; the nurse is giving him a laser treatment (to prevent swelling, I guess?) before they bring him out of anesthesia. The surgery went very quickly and easily! His kidney levels were a little high, so they're giving him lots of fluids, plus antibiotics and painkillers, and I'll be able to bring him home a little bit before suppertime tomorrow.

I even managed to work things out with DD over email today while I was at work, so hopefully we'll be able to just relax tonight and give Sammy (our resident monkeydog) some extra love and attention. I've had the attention span of a gnat with ADD today, worrying about Max, so it will nice to be able to get some rest.

Thanks a million to all of our tripawd friends for your kind words and well-wishes. I have no clue where we'd be if we hadn't found you guys, and I can only hope that Max and I can continue to return that same kindness to everybody else who goes through what we're dealing with. <3

Good to hear Max!! We are wishing you a speedy recovery!

Bo had elevated liver levels at surgery, too. We had him on VetriLiver Chews for 1 month post-op, and his last blood test showed perfectly normal levels.

Good luck and keep us posted!

Max is going to be so glad to see you today!  Yay for good news!

Day 2 of recovery, and had a bit of a scare… I had two doctor's appointments of my own today, and when I came back from the second one, I found that Max had coughed up blood serveral times. Eek! We ran him to the ER, which is connected to the clinic where he had the surgery, and they got him checked out for us. Turns out that the Metacam has probably given him a stomach ulcer, so we're discontinuing that (he still has the Fentanyl patch until Saturday) and starting him on Prilosec.

Aside from the vomiting and the fact that he's still not really eating, he seems to be doing pretty well, so hopefully Day 3 will get even better :)