Mia's getting spayed tomorrow...

I'm sure she'll be just fine; give her extra hugs. My Alli, now at The Bridge, was spayed when she was 5 years old after I retired her from showing. She did just fine, I don't remember her gnawing at the stitches at all.

Alli was not much of a "fighter," so I was always afraid how she would do faced having to recover from a major operation. Although she always had a big appetite, she didn't eat hardly at all after she was spayed, which kinda surprised me. Her stomach emptied so much that she threw up bile. I called the vet in a panic and she told me to entice her however I could--boil plain chicken and feed her that, for example.

I'm not much of a cook, but I was able to get her to eat by going to the local supermarket and I bought a cooked chicken and fed her the skinless breast. So that's my advice to you--monitor Mia's appetite after the surgery and if you see that she's not eating, make sure she still gets some nourishment until she is ready for her kibble. Alli ate the chicken for about a day, and then had a combination of kibble and chicken for another day, and then had the kibble the day after that and all was well.

Update

Just a quick update. The vet called us around noon to tell us that the spay was done and it all went well. They did the bloodwork before and it was all fine. We took advantage of things to get Mia microchipped as well.

We're picking our baby up tomorrow afternoon. They wanted to keep her under observation tonight...

Another thing she said on the phone was that she found a bunch of red dots on Mia's tummy and it was a skin infection. So she'll be on meds for that. We didn't even notice... I feel like a bad mom

I wonder if this is related in any way to her biting off her fur and if it's just another symptom of that...? I hope it makes it go away. :crossfing

Can't wait to see my baby. I'll be posting some pics of her back at home tomorrow.