My chest hurts

**Scottish Chi** · 21st June 06, 06:48 PM

All of you kind folks really know how to raise a persons spirits. I believe all of your collective good wishes are paying off. I'm not sure how all of it relates in the great scheme of things but there has to be some connection.

At the moment Badger is staying the night at the vets office. They were able to get him unblocked and now we wait to see how he is in the morning. I'm sure he is scared after all the trauma and now being alone in a strange environment without his sister and the rest of the family. It looks very favorable though that he will not have surgery but I will have to watch him carefully from now on. I'll be at the vets first thing in the morning to check on him and then hopefully Friday he will be able to come home.

Thanks for your collective shoulders to lean on. A BIG thanks to "X Marks the Scot" for allowing me the opportunity to make the post. It may seems foolish to some that a man of my age would be so concerned but there is very little that can tug at my heart the way any helpless creature can.

Cheers! Bill

**RCallan** · 21st June 06, 07:25 PM

All the best to you and badger. I'm sure home will be the best medicine for everyone. Open a can of tuna for him and rub those ears.

Lint roller will get the cat hair out of the kilt...or roll up some sticky tape around your hand and give the kilt a wipe down.

**KiltedCodeWarrior** · 21st June 06, 08:00 PM

Bill, I am very glad ot hear the he is doing better. My wife is also a vet (well vet tech and 3 years of vet school) and blockage is a serious matter. As a consequence, we know every 24 hour vet hospital near us whenever we move, and very quickly find the local mobile vet. As Scott mentions, it relieves much of the stress on the pet.

Hope everything turns out well. Our prayers and good wishes are with you.

**Alan H** · 21st June 06, 10:28 PM

I'm coming late to this thread, but great news about Badger!

**Scottish Chi** · 24th June 06, 12:37 PM

The support and good wishes from you all has been very much appreciated. Just wanted to update this last time.

Badger will be at the vets for awhile longer. All the catheters and problems with unblocking have him pretty swollen and sore. But he is getting good care. It looks like he may have surgery to shorten things a little in order to lengthen his life. (ouch!) But better that than the painful alternative of repeating of the problem.

Thanks again.

Cheers! Bill