Both Dennis and I went in this morning to visit Vino.  We were there for
over 2 hours.  He visibly perked up to see us.  Also, we took him into a
quieter back room and took his e-collar off, so he liked that.  He stood
up and "peed" and we saw a bunch of little clumps moving down the tube
from his catheter.  So at least his bladder is getting flushed out.
He laid down on the edge of the table like he likes to do, and hung over
the edge looking down.  When the vet came in, he definitely showed us
that he doesn't like her!  She's the mean one who does icky things to
him!  He can have such a grumpy expression, it's hilarious.  She's
actually a very good vet, but from his perspective, he's seeing her as
the enemy.
He did seem very interested when she opened the door to the outside and
he also had a good look out the window at the trees and the birds.  A
sunbeam shone in and we set him down in it to soak up some rays.
We force fed him from a syringe in little increments and he kept it down
the whole time we were there.  But he still wouldn't eat on his own.
He still had some pockets of the fluid from the IV in his sides, was a
bit jelly like.  One side of his face was a bit puffy from it too, but
by the afternoon it was more symmetrical.
Late this afternoon we went to visit him again and the vet said that he
had puked a little after we had left and had to be moved to get some
meds into him.  So that's quite disheartening :-(  I wish he would just
eat and keep food down.
This afternoon they gave him an injection of anti-nausea drugs.  After
that we squirted some more food into his mouth.  But he puked it up
right away.  Then he got all sleepy from the injection.  So we left.
The vet said that they sent off a full blood panel this afternoon and
the results will be back tomorrow afternoon.  Hopefully his electrolytes
aren't too too bad because that would mean he could get the catheter out
and not need an IV anymore.  He could just have some electrolyte
supplements in his food instead.  I'm thinking that once he comes home,
he would improve faster and hopefully eat too.
Let's hope for the best.  Probably not tomorrow, but maybe on Wednesday
morning he could be home.
I have to work tomorrow and on Wednesday, but Dennis will be going in as
much as possible.