What a day yesterday was. I am truly and deeply grateful that we have such a compassionate and awesome vet to help this Rescue Center. Dr. Darcy's mom is quite ill, yet she was still able to come on surgery day and help us accomplish most of our surgery needs. We didn't start until 3:00 and ended last night somewhere around 8:00.
Big thanks to our post-op care done by 6 of our volunteers--Becky M, Dawn E, Donnajb, Eaglewatcher, Mary Braid and Gem. They not only keep an extra eye on every cat during the post-op phase but they help with clean up too.
Thanks too for Amber our vet tech and for Sue and Lynnette. We have an awesome team in our surgery room--just amazing, giving people.
We had 3 others that helped us by providing food and drinks---Joyce D, Gusti and Jody J.
Even though we weren't able to get everyone done because of limited time, we sure made a huge dent in our surgery list. The 4 we did not get done were: Maya, PiperJo, Edwina and Monique. We'll get them on the next FFRC surgery date.
Here's our spays:
Azzilee, Pickle, Linzee, Glory Joy.
Here's our neuters:
Pendy, Ponce, Tang, Charlie, Jabberwocky, Atis, Purrfloof, Milton and MacNeil
We also sedated Sinbad and tried to remove his leg pin. Because of the thickened callus, it was not possible to safely remove it. He will have to have an x-ray to pinpoint the exact place where the pin head is.
We also worked on Muppi. Got 3 of the 4 needed things done. We still have to spay her but didn't want to overburden her and did the priority which was her leg. Her rear leg and tail were amputated. She still has a few inches of her tail left. We were also able to clamp the ears and get rid of the frostbite. Her ears are shorter a bit but done nicely. This morning she came out of her pen and is right now taking a healing nap.
We were also able to get in a few physicals.
Lancelot--remember he had that awful middle ear infection. It's now so much better--almost gone. He will probably always have a bit of a head tilt, but that is ok.
Janie--she now sports a couple small shaved areas on her back. She has cysts and by shaving, it helps to keep those areas cleaner.
PawPaw/Bruno--his heart murmur is still very pronounced 5/6. (by the way, he's been playing like a kitten lately!)
Barin--his heart murmur is the same 4-5/6 He too shows no effects of it
Tyler--physical good
Unfortunately, this morning we lost our Mystic, the beautiful gold/white Persian kitten. You may remember, she was given to us to try and "fix her up". She arrived with her nostrils very very small and some lung congestion. She's been on antibiotics in anticipation of this surgery to help her. Her lungs appeared to be able to handle this. Nostrils......what a small small part of our anatomy but so important. Each inspiration brought her nostrils to a close and made breathing difficult. And this condition continued to get worse. We made the decision to go ahead with her nasal repair and all went well--her nostrils were enlarged nicely. But......this long term nasal problem took a toll on her lungs. Such a shame. General life was not always easy for her--it's hard to enjoy something as simple as playing when you have to concentrate on breathing. I've talked to Dr Darcy this morning about this. Mystic actually recovered from surgery but collapsed this morning early. She and I both felt the need to do this nasal surgery was necessary--it wouldn't get better with time. She spent much of her time in the typical posture--nose/face lifted up in the air to help facilitate better breathing. My heart is broken for this loss as is her future family that she was going to go to. We here at FFRC strive so hard to make each life healthy. It hurts terribly when we fail. The one thing that helps is knowing they were always given love.
We are reminded way too often.....treasure each life. Never miss that opportunity to give care and love.
We have a busy adoption day today. These are the kittens scheduled to be adopted: Pendy & Pickles together, Ponce DeLeon, Charlie, Linzee, Azzilee and Tyler. These start approximately 8:30 and are staggered about every 45 minutes or so. On Monday we have 2 adoptions in the morning--Tang and Purrfloof. Tuesday, Jabber will be adopted (possible that may change to Weds.). Busy adoption times.
An added note: Paddy Boys are still helping FFRC!!! We need to update some of our Wifi components in the Center and your help is needed. In memory of our beloved Paddys we would like to ask you help us raise some money to help strengthen our wifi signal. A donation of $5 would go a long way toward making this happen. Please enjoy this video in their memory. The Paddy's -- Furever Ours. A letter of love from their Momma Rosabella. Please click the like/thumbs up button on youtube as it helps generate more $$ for FFRC https://youtu.be/Oy3IzOlRNEw
I would like to say a special thanks to JustMe and Cantoncat for the beautiful work they did on this Paddy video.
