Thanks for the purrs everyone. She came through the spay without any
problems and I just picked her up from TED. I did make a quick trip
back to the clinic after getting home, since I thought they had given
me the wrong take home meds. I was expecting pain medication. Course,
being a retired Army pharmacy NCO, the first thing I did after getting
home was read the ingredients, and the bottle was for vitamins
supplements. Turns out they mix the pain med, brand name Torbugesic
(butorphanol), in with the supplement. I'll do a quick search when I
get home tonight and make sure, but if I remember correctly, after all
I retired from the pharmacy 12 years ago, this would be called Stadol
for us hoomins, and is pretty potent.
She's seems happy to be home, moving a little slow - about what I
expect from watching the other two girls go through this. Course the
first thing she had to do was check out the food supply and visit the
litter box, but now she's gone to take a nap on the bed - I didn't
really want her jumping up on the bed, so lifted her up when I saw
where she wanted to go. I'll have to move her in a few minutes, as
it's almost time for me to go to work and I'm still confining them in
separate rooms when I'm not around to supervise.
When I brought her in, LB saw the carrier and has been hiding under
the bed ever since. LB did some kitty-swearing from under the bed when
Spot came into the bedroom. Sammy welcomed her home with a quick nose
sniff (from about six inches away), then realized she smelled of TED
and has been hissing and keeping her distance since then.

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Mary - 06 Jul 2005 22:50 GMT
> Thanks for the purrs everyone. She came through the spay without any
> problems and I just picked her up from TED.
Yay, Spotty! You might want to confine her in a room where
there is nothing to jump on until she heals for a couple of
days, to keep her from opening her incision.
Steve Touchstone - 07 Jul 2005 07:00 GMT
>> Thanks for the purrs everyone. She came through the spay without any
>> problems and I just picked her up from TED.
>
>Yay, Spotty! You might want to confine her in a room where
>there is nothing to jump on until she heals for a couple of
>days, to keep her from opening her incision.
thanks. That's why I'm thinking she should stay in the living room.
She doesn't have to jump all the way up to get on the couch or any of
the chairs, since there are things she can use as sort of stepping
stones to get up to where she usually naps. Now, if she'll just use
the stepping stones instead of jumping all the way up - that's a
different story. Earlier when she wnated up on the couch she ignored
the box I put at the end to use, and hopped up where she wanted to go.

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Howard C. Berkowitz - 06 Jul 2005 23:32 GMT
> Thanks for the purrs everyone. She came through the spay without any
> problems and I just picked her up from TED. I did make a quick trip
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> I retired from the pharmacy 12 years ago, this would be called Stadol
> for us hoomins, and is pretty potent.
Yes. It's an opioid agonist-antagonist, very fast acting but used with
care in humans because it can trigger withdrawal in some hoomin that has
been taking too many. There's even a nasal spray version, mostly for
migraine breakthrough pain, that works as fast as an injection.
I...don't..want...to...think...about...giving...a...nasal...spray...to...
a..cat
Healing thoughts for both of you.
> She's seems happy to be home, moving a little slow - about what I
> expect from watching the other two girls go through this. Course the
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> sniff (from about six inches away), then realized she smelled of TED
> and has been hissing and keeping her distance since then.
Julie Cook - 07 Jul 2005 16:25 GMT
> Yes. It's an opioid agonist-antagonist, very fast acting but used with
> care in humans because it can trigger withdrawal in some hoomin that has
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> I...don't..want...to...think...about...giving...a...nasal...spray...to...
> a..cat
I used to take Stadol for migrane relief but really didn't like the
nasal spray method of delivery. Although it was a metered dose canister
I could never be certain that I had given myself the correct dosage and
would therefore make myself stay awake in case I was going to overdose.
All in all I think its a scarey drug - at least it was for me. I
think that the vet gives FUI vaccines by nasal spray so I suppose it
could be done but it would probably be interesting to watch in the home
setting. Probably no worse then my giving Sam inhaled steroids twice a day.
Julie
Howard C. Berkowitz - 07 Jul 2005 18:30 GMT
> > Yes. It's an opioid agonist-antagonist, very fast acting but used with
> > care in humans because it can trigger withdrawal in some hoomin that
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> setting. Probably no worse then my giving Sam inhaled steroids twice a
> day.
Perhaps as a standard of comparison for noses:
Bob Newhart's imaginary phone conversation between Sir Walter Raleigh
and an anonymous businessman about the discovery of tobacco:
"Are you saying "snuff," Walt? What's snuff? You take a pinch of tobacco
(starts giggling) and you shove it up your nose! And it makes you
sneeze, huh. I imagine it would, Walt, yeah. Goldenrod seems to do it
pretty well over here. It has some other uses, though? You can chew it?
Or put it in a pipe. Or you can shred it up and put it on a piece of
paper, and roll it up - don't tell me, Walt, don't tell me- you stick in
your ear, right Walt? Oh, between your lips! Then what do you do to it?
(Giggling) You set fire to it! Then what do you do, Walt? You inhale the
smoke! Walt, we've been a little worried about you...you're gonna have a
tough time getting people to stick burning leaves in their mouth ....
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Julie Cook - 07 Jul 2005 16:22 GMT
> Thanks for the purrs everyone. She came through the spay without any
> problems and I just picked her up from TED. I did make a quick trip
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> sniff (from about six inches away), then realized she smelled of TED
> and has been hissing and keeping her distance since then.
Wow, Stadol?!? That's a serious pain reliever. I took Stadol for
migraine relief for a while but didn't like the method of delivery
(nasal spray). I could never decide if I had given myself enough of the
drug or too much. I finally went to a more conventional pain relief. Not
to mention that Stadol is addictive and I didn't want to end up with an
addiction.
Purrs and gentle headbutts for little Spotty to heal quickly and as
painlessly as possible. Purrs and headbutts for her Paw as well.
Julie, Hobbes, Selena, Lacey, Sam and Barnabus
Christina Websell - 07 Jul 2005 20:25 GMT
So glad Spot came through ok, Steve. I didn't get to your original post in
time to send purrs (847 unread..)
Tweed
> Thanks for the purrs everyone. She came through the spay without any
> problems and I just picked her up from TED. I did make a quick trip
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> sniff (from about six inches away), then realized she smelled of TED
> and has been hissing and keeping her distance since then.
polonca12000 - 08 Jul 2005 22:18 GMT
I'm so glad to hear everything went well.
Healing purrs and best wishes,

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> Thanks for the purrs everyone. She came through the spay without any
> problems and I just picked her up from TED. I did make a quick trip
[quoted text clipped - 22 lines]
> sniff (from about six inches away), then realized she smelled of TED
> and has been hissing and keeping her distance since then.