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Old July 17th 03, 04:28 AM
Juls
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itter (MacCandace) wrote:

Hi, glad to hear news of the boys again. I'm a worrier, too, and I don't know
anything about Dimitri's problem but I just wanted to say 14 isn't that old
and
anesthesia can be given very safely, if necessary. You just want to make sure
they do pre-op bloodwork, monitor him during the procedure, and make sure he
only gets isoflurane with propofol as the induction agent and he needs to have
an airway and IVs given during the procedure. It sounds as though this polyp
is on the outside so it wouldn't be major surgery so I don't imagine he would
be under for very long or need to be under very deeply. Hopefully, he won't
require surgery but if he does, I'm sure he would be okay.


This is helpful information! It really seems that the vets didn't think
it was a big deal - it may just be that when I see it, I freak out
because it looks like something horrible to me.

BTW, I now call them the twins because it seems they do so many things
in tandem...cleaning after a meal, looking out the window, giving me
the "feed me" stare and stand. It's very adorable, but so totally
bizarre. Like mirror images except one is black and the other is his
shadow. Jack has just turned into a tub of gray butter, very lovable,
very happy and just the sweetest guy in the world.

Okay, one cute story. LOL. Can't resist.

A month or so ago, we were having bad storms and in fact a tornado
rolled through. The sirens were going off, and it was BAD outside. Tree
limbs blowing down, etc. I actually got SCARED. Dmitri has always been
frightened of thunderstorms, so he had already headed to the cabinet
under the bathroom sink which seems to be the safe spot for him. Jack
wasn't concerned at all, but I said "Jack, we have to go in the
bathroom, come on." He followed me right in (and I was expecting the
roof to go any time), and then he got into the cabinet with Dmitri, and
they just put their arms around each other and held on. Like they were
hugging. It was so sweet that it calmed me down. I think Jack was
taking care of his big brother, telling him it would be okay.

And it was. Then it was time to EAT!