Jill's Journey

Not too much to update as Jill is still at the hospital until tomorrow, but here’s a quick update and a few pictures of my baby girl.

Day 2 – Still on the Fentanyl drip, so still feeeeeeelin’ good 😉  I sat with her for about an hour and for most of the time, she laid her head in my hand and purred away.  She also ate a good deal of food for me (see video below)!  When I called to check on her later, the vet told me it was the only time she ate all day….I guess these animals really do recognize their people!  She had a bit of swelling at the site of her IV, but the vet said not to worry about it.

Day 3 – No more narcotics, so I was a little worried she would be in pain when she saw me, but nope!  She rolled right on her back for a belly rub.  We did that for about five minutes and then she gobbled up some food.  She then tried to stand a little bit, but wasn’t quite getting the hang of it yet.  She then laid her head down for literally an hour and a half and dreamed away, whiskers twitching and everything while I held her head with one hand and rubbed her belly with the other.  I’m so glad she hasn’t lost her sweetness!  Vet says everything is looking on track for her to come home tomorrow!  I’m a little (OK, a lot) nervous to bring her home.  She seems so delicate now.  As for pain medications, the vet was going to put her on a buprenex drip for the rest of the night and then send her home with syringes of that that I can give to her myself.  I already have practice with that from her toe amputation and shes very good at taking it, so we’re good to go!  When the nurse came to take her away, she let out a sad meow 🙁 but I assured her we will have plenty of time to re-bond over the next week! (I fortunately already had a vacation from work planned!)

Here are some pics from day 2 & 3!