Curious Lola Goes To The Hospital

Whoohoo!  Lola gets to spend the night with the lady vets!

I didn't want to worry anybody, but when I got home from Liberal Mountain it was clear that he had continued to lose weight and had been horking up icky stuff.  We went to the vet this morning and after his initial exam Dr Gamache discussed options with me.  Last visit the other doc and I had decided to hold off on x-rays and blood work, instead going for the most likely causes first.  We escalated this time.

Sure enough, there's an obstruction that Dr Macho probably didn't feel before because the boy hadn't lost 1.5 lbs at that point.  It looks like a maple leaf, appropriately enough, so I'm hopeful we'll be able to tap his stomach and make some syrup this spring for a little extra income.  Anyway, Da Tail is staying overnight under observation, they'll do another x-ray first thing in the AM and if the thing isn't moving on its own (most likely won't), he goes under the knife to have it removed.

The experience reminded me of Curious George:

My guess is it's a piece of one of Kayla's tennis balls that she demolished.  Or maybe one of my hira shurikens (I'm always leaving those and my nunchaku lying around).  Oh, it could be Iraq's WMD, or even the missing e-mails from the 18-day gap.  We'll find out tomorrow!

ntodd

[Update: the worst part of this right now is Vinnie hasn't stopped yowling, presumably missing his brother, since I got home...]

['nother update: I just have to say thanks not only for the good wishes, but also to the folks sending money for Lola's vet bills.  I wasn't going to ask for donations, though it will likely be pricey and I might be out of a job in the next few months, so I can't describe in human words how much I appreciate the kindness.  I guess with 5 animal companions I should seriously consider pet insurance, but it would be weird if they had coverage and Daddy didn't!]