Brave boy Thor has his surgery
Brave boy Thor had his surgery yesterday and came through it just fine. I picked him up this morning and took him to my regular vet where he will stay through Saturday morning. I'll bring him home then but I'm just nervous about leaving him at home alone during the first days following the surgery.
Even though he had extensive orthopedic surgery less than 24 hours ago and has big steel pins all the way through his upper arm, he looked really good and was wagging his tail and wanting to snuggle in my lap (very cute but uncool while driving, however). He's being a real trooper even though he is on some heavy-duty pain meds.
The vet who did the surgery, Dr. Latimer, fell in love with Thor and just felt so sad for him. He gave a good discount off the surgery - almost $500 to bring it "down" to $1,685. He did more than he had planned to do on Thor because he really wanted to make everything last for him forever and make him as comfortable as possible. My vet, Dr. Cook, has been great with him as well. She made a $200 donation for his surgery and is only charging me for boarding during the 4 days he'll be with her rather than the post-surgery charge that it should be - that would probably be double the boarding rate due to all his medications and having to care for the wounds. So people are really being helpful with little man Thor. He's got such a great spirit, even given all he's been through, and people can see that.
I'll take some pictures tomorrow when I go visit him.
Even though he had extensive orthopedic surgery less than 24 hours ago and has big steel pins all the way through his upper arm, he looked really good and was wagging his tail and wanting to snuggle in my lap (very cute but uncool while driving, however). He's being a real trooper even though he is on some heavy-duty pain meds.
The vet who did the surgery, Dr. Latimer, fell in love with Thor and just felt so sad for him. He gave a good discount off the surgery - almost $500 to bring it "down" to $1,685. He did more than he had planned to do on Thor because he really wanted to make everything last for him forever and make him as comfortable as possible. My vet, Dr. Cook, has been great with him as well. She made a $200 donation for his surgery and is only charging me for boarding during the 4 days he'll be with her rather than the post-surgery charge that it should be - that would probably be double the boarding rate due to all his medications and having to care for the wounds. So people are really being helpful with little man Thor. He's got such a great spirit, even given all he's been through, and people can see that.
I'll take some pictures tomorrow when I go visit him.
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