Teddy is finally home again, after a week in the hospital where he managed to baffle all of us with a quick rebound and no apparent explanation for what sent him back to our vets in the first place last Sunday. Long-time friends of the ranch, Janet and Hal H. from Helena, were kind enough to pick up Teddy on Saturday morning and bring him out to us on their way to Seeley Lake. (Thank you, Janet and Hal!)
Our vet Dr. Jennifer Rockwell did Teddy’s dental on Friday, which included a tooth extraction and other yucky stuff. He came through the sedation in great shape, and his mouth is now in great shape as well!
I took the photo of Teddy in our living room a few minutes ago, and then he followed me into my office. He’s lying on a bed on the floor behind me as I write this. He is very happy to be home … and we’re thrilled he’s home, too!
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I’ve had daily phone calls from the WSU veterinary teaching hospital, and Gabe is doing fine. In the best news of all, yesterday when they put some food in front of his face, he actually smelled it — his nose twitched — and then he moved toward the food bowl and began eating heartily. Getting him to eat was always a bit of a challenge … we had to work at getting him interested in food because he couldn’t smell it … and the WSU vet staff had told me last week that they were also having difficulty getting him to eat. (I had given them a heads-up about this before I left WSU.) So to hear he’s actually able to smell food and motivated to move towards the dish and eat … well, that’s a sure sign the surgery alone has already improved his quality of life. If all goes according to plan, Gabe should be on his way home towards the end of next week.
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