Today is Jumper's 5th day being at the Vet hospital. We went to see him again yesterday. He still looks the same, but doesn't seem as interested in seeing us. He is determined to get the catheter out, the cone off his head, and the IV out of his leg. He lays in the kitty litter box. I think that may be his comfort. It holds him. He gets out of the box for me to pet him; then he crawls back in and lays down. He repeats this several times.
I talk with the vet, and we discuss his options at this point. They are putting off taking the catheter out until tomorrow. His tissue sample has been sent off to see if it is cancerous. It kind of seems pointless, though, because if he can't pee tomorrow, it's over. The results from this test won't come back until next week. He still won't eat anything. Hopefully, the extra day with the catheter, the IV, the steroids, and the other meds will help him heal more and he will be able to pee tomorrow.
If the results come back and it is cancerous, the vet said it isn't good. But at least I would have a few days with him at home. It seems that since she scraped his bladder out, he should be back where he was before this stuff came to a head, and should be able to pee. The question will be for how long. But, if he could just have the chance to come home, even if just for a little while.
If the results come back and it is not cancerous, he will be on special food and medication. He will have to be monitored to see how his bladder is functioning. Then, we will just have to wait and see.
Continued prayers are greatly appreciated as we get through today and tomorrow. I am very anxious to see what tomorrow brings. I'm trying to take it one thing at a time: pee first, that is most important; then eat; then I take him home.
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