Hi guys....I wanted to tell you what is going on with Merlin, because I have made so many friends here, and I know many of you would want to know.
Those of you who know me, know that I have many cats, and I love them all, but Merlin is special to me, kind of like how you love your friends very much, but then the love for your child is even more. I love all my cats, but the love I have for Merlin is even stronger. Probably partly because he is the only cat my husband lets me keep inside,so I have spent way more time with him, but also because he has such a unique personality, just like a human, he is unpredictable, fussy, moody, yet loving, and he is my baby. My child.
Anyway....I took Merlin into the vets to be neutered on Thursday morning. I work at 7 am, so I had to leave him in the vets garage in a cat carrier on my way to work, and needless to say, he was not happy. (Merlin, that is)
I have the money to have this done now, and I knew it needed to be done, and so even though I hated to do it to him, I knew it was for his own good.
So...Thursday afternoon at work, a girl from the office comes out and says, "You need to stop by the vets, they called and there is a problem with your cat"
My heart sunk.....my first thought was...."Oh my god, they have killed him!!!" ( I am such a worry wart..
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But then when I asked the girl if they said anything else, she said, Oh ya, they said they can't neuter him because one of his testicles is stuck up inside him, and they want to know if you still want them to go ahead with it.
So, as soon as I got off work, I rushed over there.
The vet said he had tried to neuter Merlin, but he only had one testicle showing. he said that he felt around on Merlin's lower abdomin and thought he had felt the other testicle, so if it was okay with me to preceed, he would have to do a more major surgery on Merlin, and cut him open, and get the other testicle out.
I asked him if it was safe, and he said yes....so I said, well, okay, go ahead....
So that was yesterday, and today after work, I rushed over there to see how it went, and how Merlin was, and he said...well, usually when a cat only has one testicle showing, and I feel around his abdomin, and feel a small lump, it means it is the other testicle, up inside him, but when I cut him open, I found that the lump I was feeling was some sort of growth attached to his colon.
(I about passed clear out at this news)
But I said, well what kind of a growth was it? and he said..."it seemed to be okay, just real small, probably benine (sp?) (not cancerous)
Probably...geez, that makes me feel better...NOT....
So he said he looked for the other testicle, and couldn't find it in there, so he went ahead and stiched him shut.
He said that merlin might only have one testicle.
He said that I could pick Merlin up tomorrow and that in 12 days the stiches needed to come out, and that after that, in one month, all the testosterone should be out of his system, so if I saw him either spraying, or trying to mate females I should bring him back in and he would continue to look for the other testicle.
Okay, well that's all just fine and dandy except for ONE thing!!!! What is this growth on his colon, and why didn't he take a biopsy of it while he had Merlin open?????
Probably just doesn't cut it with me!
I told him that if he has to go back in and look for the other testicle, like if in a month, Merlin is obviously not neutered completely, then I want him to take a biopsy of that growth.
I asked if I could go back and see merlin, and he said yes, even though I can't pick him up till tomorrow, and I went back, and he was just coming out from under the anesthesia, and he was groggy, but he knew it was me, and I petted him, and I he was all shaved on his stomache, and he had this bandage wrapped really tightly around the bottom half of him, and he was obviously in pain, and he looked at me like, "what did I do to deserve this???" I feel so BAD!!!!!!!!!
Please pray for him, please, that he will be okay!!! I just really needed to post this story in the cat lounge, although some may think it would be better in the health forum, but I wanted you all to read it, and to pray for my baby!!!!!!
Those of you who know me, know that I have many cats, and I love them all, but Merlin is special to me, kind of like how you love your friends very much, but then the love for your child is even more. I love all my cats, but the love I have for Merlin is even stronger. Probably partly because he is the only cat my husband lets me keep inside,so I have spent way more time with him, but also because he has such a unique personality, just like a human, he is unpredictable, fussy, moody, yet loving, and he is my baby. My child.
Anyway....I took Merlin into the vets to be neutered on Thursday morning. I work at 7 am, so I had to leave him in the vets garage in a cat carrier on my way to work, and needless to say, he was not happy. (Merlin, that is)
I have the money to have this done now, and I knew it needed to be done, and so even though I hated to do it to him, I knew it was for his own good.
So...Thursday afternoon at work, a girl from the office comes out and says, "You need to stop by the vets, they called and there is a problem with your cat"
My heart sunk.....my first thought was...."Oh my god, they have killed him!!!" ( I am such a worry wart..
But then when I asked the girl if they said anything else, she said, Oh ya, they said they can't neuter him because one of his testicles is stuck up inside him, and they want to know if you still want them to go ahead with it.
So, as soon as I got off work, I rushed over there.
The vet said he had tried to neuter Merlin, but he only had one testicle showing. he said that he felt around on Merlin's lower abdomin and thought he had felt the other testicle, so if it was okay with me to preceed, he would have to do a more major surgery on Merlin, and cut him open, and get the other testicle out.
I asked him if it was safe, and he said yes....so I said, well, okay, go ahead....
So that was yesterday, and today after work, I rushed over there to see how it went, and how Merlin was, and he said...well, usually when a cat only has one testicle showing, and I feel around his abdomin, and feel a small lump, it means it is the other testicle, up inside him, but when I cut him open, I found that the lump I was feeling was some sort of growth attached to his colon.
(I about passed clear out at this news)
But I said, well what kind of a growth was it? and he said..."it seemed to be okay, just real small, probably benine (sp?) (not cancerous)
Probably...geez, that makes me feel better...NOT....
So he said he looked for the other testicle, and couldn't find it in there, so he went ahead and stiched him shut.
He said that merlin might only have one testicle.
He said that I could pick Merlin up tomorrow and that in 12 days the stiches needed to come out, and that after that, in one month, all the testosterone should be out of his system, so if I saw him either spraying, or trying to mate females I should bring him back in and he would continue to look for the other testicle.
Okay, well that's all just fine and dandy except for ONE thing!!!! What is this growth on his colon, and why didn't he take a biopsy of it while he had Merlin open?????
Probably just doesn't cut it with me!
I told him that if he has to go back in and look for the other testicle, like if in a month, Merlin is obviously not neutered completely, then I want him to take a biopsy of that growth.
I asked if I could go back and see merlin, and he said yes, even though I can't pick him up till tomorrow, and I went back, and he was just coming out from under the anesthesia, and he was groggy, but he knew it was me, and I petted him, and I he was all shaved on his stomache, and he had this bandage wrapped really tightly around the bottom half of him, and he was obviously in pain, and he looked at me like, "what did I do to deserve this???" I feel so BAD!!!!!!!!!
Please pray for him, please, that he will be okay!!! I just really needed to post this story in the cat lounge, although some may think it would be better in the health forum, but I wanted you all to read it, and to pray for my baby!!!!!!
