Good morning Maro!
It's Maro's surgery day.
He's not a happy camper because
he didn't get any food this morning.
(really hungry)
But... we're leaving the house in about 10 minutes now
and the vet told me
that his surgery will be quick.
They're just going to put him to sleep and pull his tooth
and then they're going to let him wake up and
chill in the vet for a while
so that they can watch him and make sure everything's okay.
and then we will go pick him up in the evening I believe, so...
I hope everything goes okay....
I feel so, like, bad that I'm putting him through this surgery just because
he has a broken tooth,
but, then again I don't want to risk the complications that could come along if I don't. So.....
It was really a tough choice
and I hope
we are making the right one.
(maro meows)
(sharla meows back)
*meow* kitty
It's okay
(Maro meows)
It's okay
(Maro meows long meow)
Good Boy
kitty
(Dog panting in backgound)
Good Boy
Move the cage back a bit
Maro, come on out
*giggles*
come here
Good Boy
*giggle* stretch
Come here, come here!
Doesn't look like he's coming out
Let's take the lid off of the cage then
Hello
Just going to bring you over here
Ok... So here is what Maro's tooth looked like
before the surgery and they started it at 1:43 today
and here she's showing what they did to remove the tooth. So they made two cuts here and here
and pulled the gums back,
and then they removed the tooth that way.
As you can see the fangs go waaaaay up here.
Like there was just a little bit of tooth left over but allllll this is tooth.
And here the surgery is finished.
As you can see, it took about 30 minutes.
A little faster than I was expecting.
And because there's a big gaping hole here because they removed the fang,
they brought the flaps back over and sewed them up with the stitches that dissolve. So that's nice.
But yeah Maro is now missing a big fang so I hope he doesn't have any problems with that but,
the vet assured me this is the best way to do it
because if you leave a broken cats tooth like this
theres a hole in the middle of the tooth and apparently bacteria can travel up there and cause issues
in their jaw, and I even read online that it can spread to their brain and that just all sounded
way too scary to risk. So....
we decided to go this way. I feel
really bad for putting Maro through all this
but I feel it was the safest choice.
Oh, and they gave us Maro's tooth
So, like, ewwww.
Look.
I think it goes like this.
Or maybe it's the other way around, I don't even know.
Yeah I think it's like this.
So, there's the part that was sticking out just a little bit,
and that was all up inside his jaw.
I also got some blood tests done
to make sure that he was all healthy before going into the surgery,
and she said a couple of the things were a little high,
but that could also be because of the stress
of being at the vet and not eating the night before
but just in case we're going to go back a month later and
get him another blood test just so we can make sure that those levels aren't getting any higher and it's nothing dangerous.
So, yeah, I'm happy overall with this vet. They seem really thorough, and they explain everything so well.
I'm really happy with that.
Maro
How's it goin?
*giggle*
He just ate his first food,
after surgery.
He did well.
It was one of those cat soups again. I'm so glad I had one of those
left. I mixed some water with it and I just gave him a little bit but he seems to be doing well.
His face still looks kinda funny cause he just woke up from surgery but
He's doing good!
Good boy!
Maro good boy!
You sleepy?
So I'll update you guys a little later on but...
hopefully he can get some rest.
Maro says Thank You!
For your nice messages
and
he will be back when he's feeling better.
The vet said to give him about a week.
We're gonna go back in for a checkup to make sure he's doing okay.
So I will keep you guys updated! Bye!