Not much to update about the lad, he's back at the vet again for more treatment with IV fluids and antibiotics. I can say I see him move a bit faster and eat a bit more enthusiastically each day that passes, which must be a good thing. He gets really depressed when we have to put the Cone Of Shame on him so he won't lick the wounds, so he mostly just lies down until he gets hungry or thirsty or wants to pee or poo, at which point he'll stand up and angrily fumble around with the cone, crashing into everything. To remind, he's blind, so it's not like it limits his visibility, but it must mess with his I guess Daredevil-like hearing powers.
Again, the forecast is he'll heal, just slowly. The alterations (anemia and kidney issues) are most likely caused by the accident itself, and if there's any after effects with the kidneys or something, well, we'll deal with that by then. There's special food and stuff that can help with that kind of thing.
It's all been, and continues to be, an emotional rollercoaster. Ups and downs, as you've seen. Don't wanna be too pessimistic nor optimistic, but today I feel better about things. Still worried, still guilty, but better.
Update on the lad.
We repeated the test yesterday, and everything is better. Most parameters that were altered are now in within normal ranges; some are still not normal, but it was what we expected, and they're closer to normal anyway.
The day before that, they did an ultrasound on him, and the wound has no foreign bodies inside, and internal organs are not compromised (only some inflammation, due to the trauma, cellular destruction associated with all the bruising, and blood loss during the first several days; this was also expected). This confirms surgical cleaning, though desirable to accelerate the healing, was never necessary. Oh, and they checked these two bumps he's had on his back since who knows when, he had them when he was first found, and were always a worry even though they weren't growing or causing pain: they're nothing, not tumors, not even scars. Probably just remnants of some injections that caused small infections and encapsulated.
The main wound is doing much better, and he's in good spirits overall.
Today he got a last dose of fluids (this time not intravenous, just subcutaneous or something, injected on his back; he became a
dromedary for a little bit, then the fluids started to be absorbed),
I had let him be without the
cone of shame yesterday and he mostly behaved, licked the area around the main wound mainly, the wound itself a bit, the already healed paw wounds, etc. So today I thought, eh, why stress him out more, he can be without the cone.
Dumb lad tore out the scab of the already almost healed wound on his hip, not one of the important wounds, pretty superficial, but now the flesh is exposed,
So back to the cone.
He'll be OK. Unless something
dire happens, he won't need any more treatment, beyond the antibiotic, a pill for swelling, and some food supplements. Maybe redo the test in a couple weeks to see if the remaining parameters have gone to normal.
Thanks everyone for reading me throughout this thing. Hug your pets. I've seen some posts during these days about others' pets passing away. My heart goes out to you.
Cheers.
