Homer being sick

[M.F.]

How is Homer today?

 

[JES72]

He’s all better in himself. Frustrated I won’t let him swim. And demanding toast.

 

[Beanwood]

Demanding toast... the best news!

 

[JES72]

I said to the nurse when he was not wanting to eat the chicken, all she needed was to eat toast in front of him and he’d be interested.

 

[Kelsey]

Homer, so nice to see you up and alert!! Demanding toast is happy news for sure.

 

[Cath]

He looks so good. Wanting toast he's is getting better

 

[Jacqui-S]

Bless him, what a dear boy

 

[Emily_Babbelhund]

That's such good news about his spleen tumour being benign. My Brogan died of a cancerous spleen tumour (splenic tumour?) so I've really been holding my breath for you. I wonder if they prioritised the spleen and not the gland for the first surgery because of the danger of the tumour? I have a very limited understanding, but remember from Brogan that if a cancerous splenic tumour bursts, it's death within hours, nothing they can do. So maybe that was the priority, get that out safely in case it was cancerous (thank goodness it wasn't) and then focus on the gland issue.

I know the idea of another surgery so soon is really scary/exhausting and I don't understand the medical side of it, but as @Jacqui-S says 'better out than in' and maybe it will be such a relief for you if he's not having the dangerous effects it's creating.

 

[Joy]

Lovely to see Homer looking alert and wanting toast!

 

[JES72]

I am so sorry to hear it was Brogan’s spleen. From what I’ve found out it often doesn’t show many symptoms until there is internal bleeding.

 

[Emily_Babbelhund]

I am so sorry to hear it was Brogan’s spleen. From what I’ve found out it often doesn’t show many symptoms until there is internal bleeding.

That's right, there were zero symptoms in Brogan's case. We went out for his evening walk, the unknown tumour burst, and two hours later I came home with his harness and coat but not Brogan. He was much older than Homer and of all the ways to go it was certainly not the worst (no pain) but for obvious reasons it makes me so happy to see Homer after his surgery asking for his toast, the sweetheart.

 

[Stacia]

Oh @Emily_Babbelhund, that must have been such a dreadful shock, heartbreaking for you.

 

[Cath]

I am so sorry @Emily_Babbelhund

 

[Granca]

That's right, there were zero symptoms in Brogan's case. We went out for his evening walk, the unknown tumour burst, and two hours later I came home with his harness and coat but not Brogan.

That’s so sad, Emily. A similar thing happened with our collie-cross, Amber. She collapsed coming home from a walk, but in obvious pain and unable to move. An x-ray showed that she had cancer of the spine, so we brought her home to bury her. She had insisted on coming on the walk as usual with Wispa (then a puppy), giving no indication of any pain, so her death was a huge shock too.

 

[JES72]

Can someone please tell my dog that still has stitches all the way down his belly that humping his bedding is not a good idea!!!

 

[kateincornwall]

How is Homer doing now , humping apart ! xx

 

[JES72]

Back to normal - both he and I can't wait to get the stitches out so he can swim and be off lead. Not looking forward to having to do ot all again in a fwe weeks for the adrenal gland to come out.

 

[JES72]

Stitches came out today but he has a small bit of an infection. So on antibiotics and still no swimming for another week. Another check up next Saturday. Something about vitamin B but not sure, apparently it’s on their notes from the specialist but I don’t remember but then I wasn’t taking everything in at the time.

 

[Lisa]

Just catching up… what a lot of ups and downs. Hopefully the infection will clear up quickly so you and he can have a few weeks of “normal” before the next surgery.

 

[JES72]

Homer’s scar. You can see where they started to stitch him up neatly and then had to rush while resuscitating him.