Ok so we are home. Hank made it through. He's about 10 lbs lighter than this morning after removing stones from his urethra the size of green peas almost, and his testicles. There was one stone still stuck in his urethra at the os penis (baculum). The technical term for the procedure is a permanent Urethrostomy. He will be peeing like a girl for the rest of his life but the hope is that he will be able to easily pass the stones that do form easily without further medical procedures, paired with the special diet. The special diet being Hills U/D.
Hank will be on restriction for 10-14 days but that's never been a problem as he's typically a lazy bones lol. The vet didn't have a cone big enough so I had to drive to the big city (shudder) in order to get him one from petsmart that just barely fits(wouldn't have but since he started having medical issues he's lost a lot of weight). I can tell he's in lots of pain but they gave us some more vetprofen to manage that. We are to expect moderate bleeding from the urethrostomy site for a few days and we are expecting a healthy urine flow once he starts wanting to drink water again(hopefully by tomorrow). As long as all goes well, he isn't due back to the vets for 3 days for a checkup.
Thanks again from the bottom or our hearts to everyone for the financial support. We would not have been able to have this procedure done if not for you. We were able to pay half as required being $982.84 and we will be able to make payments on the rest. The exact terms I'm not sure of as my wife took care of that while I was balling like a baby with my puppy in the recovery room.
I'll keep you all posted on him as he's recovering and try to get some more pictures etc. Right now I'm exhausted from such a long stressful day and just want to lay down with my puppy and give him as much of my healing energy as possible.
Hank in the recovery room.
Hank at home with Roxy by his side for support. I'm positive she know's he's hurting.
