We visit Maggie at the vet
We were allowed to visit Maggie last night. She was really doped up on painkillers, was wearing an inflatable donut (instead of a lampshade), and had a catheter taped to her foreleg. Alexis could tell instantly that Maggie needed to urinate. We took her out and she peed a gallon, and then tried walking us back to our old house (which is only a couple blocks from the vet office).
This is the shoelace that was in her, from her stomach to her small intestine. It's a lace from a relatively new pair of shoes of mine--we remember when we discovered she had eaten it. I was annoyed because they were new shoes and I was going to wear them to the airport very soon (instead of boots that are difficult to get on and off at security). But it turned out we had replacement laces in the house and Alexis put them in for me. That was about 6 weeks ago, but her symptoms only started less than 2 weeks ago.
Her incision is the entire length of her abdomen. There is an incision in her stomach and 2 in her small intestine. The staff were surprised that she didn't seem to want to bother her staples. She's gone through having staples before--both of her knees were operated on several years ago.
We're hoping we can take her home today.
(Sorry for the cornball music, but I just got the Hot Tub Time Machine soundtrack, and this seemed most appropriate.)