be thinking of speedy tomorrow....

tomorrow i am taking speedy in for his dental. his poor teeth are awful, i feel like a bad mom for not noticing sooner. i was so wrapped up in stuart's illness, poor speedy. :(

anyhow, blood work showed that his kidneys are not functioning at 100%, this concerns me, not only because i'm worried how this will effect how much longer i will have him, it also makes the surgery more involved. he will have to be on less anesthetic, and dr. hicks will keep him constantly flushed with fluids, so as to keep the anesthetic from building up in the kidneys. they have to work harder to eliminate the medicines. he will be also put on gas, so that he is more safely sedated. i am going to just be a nervous wreck until i know that he has come out of the surgery ok, i don't want to lose another one of my babies. this will be very hard for me, i gotta suck it up, though. i have put it off for a couple weeks, but i gotta get it done. he's started to not eat that well in the last few days, he's acting more grouchy, i can tell he does not feel good. i just hope and pray it is just because of the teeth being so bad, and i have been giving him a very strong antibiotic since last night. he's still just not eating a lot, and being that he's always been a hog, this concerns me.

please keep him in your prayers tomorrow, if you can? i really do hope that he will be with me for a while longer, i am not ready to say goodbye to him, i'm still not even used to the idea of stuart being gone yet. trixie is really getting on his nerves, he keeps growling and grumbling at her. she loves him so much, i hope he can feel better and get back to having a good appetite. he has been drinking and going potty, so that is a good thing. the not eating leads me to believe that his teeth hurt. i am sure he will lose several. i don't care how much $$ is costs, i just want him to feel good.

anyhow, i wanted to let everyone know what was going on, and i will post tomorrow with an update. please keep little speedy in your thoughts, thanks. :)

kelly