“I can’t answer that yet.”
“What would make the difference?”Find Pet Care
“How much of this is pain, how much is mechanical damage, how much is weakness from prolonged disuse, and whether the nerves are functioning well enough.”
“So there’s a chance.”
“Yes.”
“And there’s a chance he won’t.”
“Yes.”
I appreciated her honesty even when I hated it.
The immediate plan was stabilization, nutrition, pain control and rest.
Surgery could not even be seriously considered until he was stronger.
For the next three days my routine became simple.Find Surgeons
Wake up.
Drive to the clinic.
Sit with Sombra.
Convince him to eat.
Listen to numbers I only half understood.
Celebrate tiny improvements.
Go home.
Repeat.
By the fourth day, Sombra had begun eating from a bowl.
He still stopped after small amounts, but he was eating willingly.
His eyes looked brighter.
His gums had more color.
