that last post should have read 24 hours, not 4 ;P

He's still in - and likely to be for a few more days but all the signs are still good. 
They're taking no chances

thanks guys. I appreciate the support.

He's back in hospital with an infection, but looks like they have caught it in time to avoid anything major. they're keeping him in on a drip for 2 hours then will reassess but so far so good.

Thanks both. 
talking about it helps I think x




 

Well - we're nearing the halfway point to this year and i can honestly say 2025 has not been kind thus far.

On the plus side - he is alive, recovering, doesn't need a kidney transplant (was a real concern at one point) and his dominant, left hand is the one affected the least: he has lost one finger and a couple of finger tips on his left I think. Also - he has been left with a few toe stumps which means he should eventually be able to manage with ordinary footwear with an insert rather than the giant balance boots (currently he's in giant neoprene protective balance boots that fit over the bandages)

He's been able to go outside in the garden for short spells,  when the weather was warm.
His hand exercises are going well - he is able to do more - though the sensitivity in his skin is making that hard work

He has more days now where he is engaged in the conversation and watching tv shows and just generally more involved.  Overall he seems in relatively good spirits most times i see him. He has put up a decent show of being ok  most of the time since he got out of intensive care, even when he was still on the high dependency ward, but it's less forced now i think.  in the hospital it was almost a  feverish humour - now a bit more like his usual dark humour

On the not so plus side - he's pretty much down to stumps on his right hand, with i think just one mostly intact finger, but that finger was bending  wrong  so the joint has been affected at some point.  

- He's looking at probably a year of several reconstructive surgeries to deal with the damage to his nose, lips and palate.

He's still on heavy duty painkillers, antibiotics and other meds. 

He's having to retrain the nerves in his skin because they're jangling at every change in temperature, or air flow or contact with new textures etc. 

Eating and drinking is hard for him - and also  just generally, most of the time he has to wear a napkin or tissue pressed against his mouth to stop from drool

how did you get on fargon?

agreed

same - android phone. what's annoying is that the only way to solve is to restart the phone

Anon wrote:

monster wrote:

I Rest My Case Re Dogs  -  Mo Inster

...but hoping the best for your bro, welcome back

If it was disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) caused by Capnocytophaga infection, you can get that from cats too.
 

it was that! plus sepsis
 

monster wrote:

Look Who Showed Up - Dane S. Back

Outstanding 

Life: it's Earliest Beginnings, by Prof. U. Cary-Oate

Thanks all

Update - he has been back to vets another 3 times and ended up having to be sedated a second time because more nails detached. Turns out he has some sort of issue with his nails rather than him having just accidentally banged his foot. 

All in all he has had 4 nails removed, including both dew claws, with 3 feet affected. 

Up to Weds he had 3 bandaged feet. He now has no bandages but is wearing a cone. His front paw is very swollen, one of the claws is infected and he is on antibiotics and painkillers

Vet thinks it may be an autoimmune condition - there's a food supplement that is usually pretty good at strengthening the nails and I have ordered some. 

Poor lad is feeling very sorry for himself and I am frikken exhausted lol

Am  currently obsessed with Jackson Wang

The Magic Man album is epic and his videos are next level creative






 

xoxoxoBruce wrote:

Back to the day before I got married.

But then you'd create a paradox - you'd be trapped in a timeloop with her