A Painful Day

As you all knew, today was the big day when Riley was going to have the pin removed from his knee. It didn't quite go the way we planned. I dropped Riley off at 8:15 am. Riley was the first stop for the surgeon who travels to different Vet Hospitals to perform some surgeries. It was supposed to be somewhat of an easy procedure. I guess I should have expected the unexpected with the way this whole thing has played out. Riley was supposed to be given just sedation. At around 10:30 am the Vet's office called to see if Riley had fasted this morning. Normally you don't have to fast for sedation but for some reason this morning I decided to withhold food and water and thought that then there would be no chance of him getting sick. Little did I know at the time, but they had to put Riley under general anesthesia. I got a call around noon from the surgeon. She told me that she had been working on Riley for the past 40 minutes trying to get the pin out and she COULDN'T! She said she cut the end off of the pin but it wasn't the pin that was causing the problem and she really didn't know what the cause was. They brought Riley out with a huge e-collar on . I took the collar off in the office so I could hug him and he gave my lots of kisses. He really looked like a wounded warrior. He has been in considerable pain since he got home. I gave him some pain meds and iced it for a little. I got him to go out twice and he did pretty good. I got him to eat a little chicken I made too so that was good. So it was a VERY frustrating, upsetting day to say the least. I know that Riley will improve each day but he is so pathetic looking tonight and I feel so terrible having him have to go through all this. I am going to talk to my Vet on Monday to try to get a better understanding of everything and what happens now. So we'll see.