Hey everyone! We got a call this morning with an update on Fletch. He did well overnight and was up and walking around a little and eating some. However, he had some drainage at his incision this morning and the vet wants to monitor that, so they decided to keep him another night, but they did say we could go see him today!
Based on the call from the vet tech, we were expecting Fletch to walk into the visiting room to see us, but when we arrived, they told us that he'd been very anxious, whiny, and restless in the afternoon and he needed his rest, so they sedated him prior to our arrival and the techs had to carry him into the room.
Needless to say, this made me a quite emotional; mostly because I was a little shocked as I was expecting to see him up and around as opposed to laying so helpless on a blanket. But he had his eyes open and it was clear that he knew who we were.
As you can see from the picture, they have him wrapped up pretty tight around the incision. What the picture doesn't show is how bruised he is all up and down his body. Obviously, with this sort of trauma, there's going to be bruising and swelling and we're told greyhounds bruise especially bad. His chest, stomach, and groin area are a deep reddish-purple and he's got the same color bruising down his legs and especially around the spot where they had the IV. This is all normal and just like any bruise, will go away with time. The whole front right side of his body was shaved, but the hair will grow back.
We had a nice visit of hugs and kisses and soothing talk. We went prepared with a few chicken treats--made by his great aunts Donna and Rhonda--and some bread, but he wasn't able to eat anything while were there, but Sam got the bread bag out of his pocket at one point and Fletch's eyes and ears darted up toward the sound, so that was really comforting to see. Basically, the drugs are making him groggy, but we definitely saw a few characteristics of his personality shine through.
We'll get another update tomorrow morning and will hopefully be able to take him home in the evening.
As always, we'll keep you all posted as Fletch works toward recovery and the start of chemotherapy in a few weeks.
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