Surgery

Yesterday morning when I was transporting very sick Bailey back to his regular vet's office from overnight emergency vet, I made the decision to ask for x rays.
In the three days and thousands of dollars of testing and iv's and emergency care, not one of 5 vets suggested an x ray.
So at 8 a.m. yesterday I walked into the vet's office with Bailey wrapped in a blanket, having not eaten since Sunday, and on continuous iv's and said please do an x ray.
An hour later the vet called and said there was a shadow in one area of the intestine.
Doing exploratory surgery they found a piece of corncob, which was removed and surgery completed.
We live in a suburb, no cornfields anywhere near us. We have not eaten corn on the cob. I walk him on the street so he can't get into anything. He is a scavenger but this is beyond me, where he found a piece of corncob!
Bailey spent the day on iv's at the vet. At 5 p.m I transported Bailey south 20 minutes back to the overnight emergency care.
He survived the night; I just dropped him back at the vet's where he will spend the day on iv's and monitored.
If he doesn't develop complications post surgery, I may be able to bring him home this eve.
For those of you who are pet lovers, you understand what my week has been like.
For those of you who aren't pet lovers, it is hard to comprehend the level of care and cost for a precious family pet.
I have so appreciated every one's kind comments, emails, care and concern.
It means more than you know.

We have just had an incredible stressful week.
Tomorrow, after working for the same company for 26 years, my husband finds the fate of his employment. Much of this time has been spent traveling overseas to work in incredibly complicated situations.
For 5 years we were expatriates in Singapore and Japan.
Just last year we repatriated back to the US.
My husband just finished a 4 month project in India, which some of you may remember he was injured by a wild dog and had to fly to Singapore for his series of rabies shots.
It has been a very unplanned and unnerving time.

So tomorrow the VP of his division is making a visit to the local offices to have 'the talk.'

And I wait by the phone, hoping for no calls of bad news of Bailey.

The porch rafters are on, the sheeting to go on today and soon the roof.

Carry on......