Tim left a bag of trash in the mud room overnight on Saturday, and Pip - who's got the cone on again and can't sleep with us - OF COURSE chewed the handle and ingested some of it.
It was maybe the maddest I've ever been at Tim. Up there with the most anxious I've been about a cat. But 36 hours afterwards, Pip's eating and drinking well and full of beans.
If I didn't have a major deadline Wednesday I'd throw a freaking party.
BREAKING PIPPERCORN NEWS
We can exclusively report that Pip has been cleared to go coneless and is on his way home as we prepare this Pipdate!
Pip kept getting his cone off, so we tied it to his harness. It worked for one day, lol.
This morning we found the harness still on around his middle, the cone hanging uselessly at his side. He had groomed around the surgical site, but not bitten at the stitches, thank goodness.
There's no such thing as ergonomics when a recovering Pip needs your lap as his hospital bed.
Doing my morning puzzles with a very well-fed, beconed Pip on my lap.
It wasn't until 2:30 that I was able to do some laundry, brush my teeth, and shower. A friend came over for tea and we swapped stories (she had to take her mom, who has dementia, to the hospital last week and it did not go well). So I'm feeling more myself now.
Further #ThePippercorn bulletins as events warrant!
A *local* veterinarian can do the surgery today - no driving to Concord or Burlington!
Also, all the vets and techs and receptionists have been so kind, and you all have been so kind - it's keeping me going. Thank you all so much!
It's another urinary blockage. Looks like he will need surgery to widen his urethra, something sorta like bottom surgery for cats. That's a discussion for a later date, though.
He'll need to spend the rest of the next 48 hours at the emergency vet, because ours doesn't do overnight care. π
Please send good vibes, and if you have any $ to spare for Pip's care, my PayPal is KellyannWolfe and my Venmo is @Kellyann-Wolfe. #ThePippercorn
Pip is sick again - can't pee even though he wants to, which is how we ended up at the emergency vet 2 1/2 months ago.
I am so scared.
Kellyann