for any of you who were curious, junior was spayed today by dr divers at the university of georgia.

the student caseworker called to tell me that she dealt with anesthetic beautifully, and is groggy but responsive with good heart and breathing rates. also she is on some morphine for pain, as well as an anti-inflammatory whose name i've forgotten.

unfortunately her ovarian follicules were far too enlarged to be removed endoscopically, so they went through her plastron.

i am supposed to get a call from the dr later saying when i can pick her up, and about aftercare etc. she'll have to get stitches removed from above her leg. i'm curious as to how exactly to care for her patched plastron, but the student wasn't exactly certain, so i'll wait to talk to the dr.

anyone else deal with plastron healing? i'm guessing that it'll probably take months to heal up completely...?

thanks to all who have asked about her.

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• junior's spay -- update/followup - unchikun, Thu Jun 19 16:41:52 2008
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• RE: junior's spay -- update/followup - unchikun, Thu Jun 26 12:58:27 2008
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• RE: junior's spay -- update/followup - unchikun, Fri Jun 27 09:35:21 2008
• RE: junior's spay -- update/followup - Frith, Tue Jul 1 12:14:03 2008
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