May
2007
A very anxious sort of day
Today was the day Lilac foster was booked in for his neuter. I was there with him for when they opened at 8.30 (actually I was early but the receptionist took pity on us and opened early so me the kids and I weren’t stood out waiting in the rain!) as per usual, signed the consent forms, had his health check and came home. As usual they said to ring around midday to see how he was doing.
As always when any of the meeces are in for any sort of op I spent the morning feeling generally nervous and unsettled, I must have been feeling particularly off today though as I even did the ironing!! Anyway when the phone rang around 10.30 I jumped out of my skin convinced something awful had happened but fortunately it wasn’t the vets. When it rang again an hour later though it was. 
Apparently lilac foster was put under fine but just as they were about to start the operation he developed a nosebleed! They abandoned the op immediately and brought him round, he was under less than 5 mins in total but the nurse said he really scared her. When they phoned they said I couldn’t pick him up until after 3 as they wanted him in observation until then but I was so worried I couldn’t help but keep phoning to see how he was. I had a long chat with the nurse when I collected him too (I was there bang on 3 as you can imagine!) and we both said we’ve never heard of this ever happening before. Very worrying and upsetting.
We’re home now and I have Lilac foster sleeping in his carry tank next to me. He seems a little dopey but is eating and drinking so that’s good. I’ve got a weeks worth of Baytril for him incase its a respiratory problem that caused the bleeding but basically its going to be keep a very close eye on him for a few days. I have a feeling my anxious day will be an anxious night too……
