[Gpdd] HEALTH: Hershey's latest appointment.

[warmbreath]

sounds very hopeful, if that hormone keeps working then surgery can be put 
off, a spay is serious business, if your vet has done many on pigs and buns 
that's a really good sign. If she has surgery using the drug Reglan before 
and 2 weeks after surgery keeps down nausea and esp. gas which helps keep 
the stitches from itching, if the stitches dont itch she is much less likely 
to scratch and bite at the stitches, so keep down all gassy food for at 
least a month after surgery. Make sure the surgeon doesn't use staples, 
glue, or steri strips, 2 layers of stitches are best See if your surgeon 
agrees if this eventuality comes about. In the meantime do everything you 
can to keep her well hydrated, wet greens and veggies, slowly teach the 
syringe is a friend and give her treats of water or slurry from it. Just 
keep at it very gently still she does see it as a friend. If its hard use 
one to drink from yourself at the same time, she will learn from that
Continued good fortune, and do have breakfast with her, even its her usual 
foods. By alternately offering foods she will eat more than if the food is 
left in her cage for her to eat.
Sandy and Shipwreck Sam