UPDATE ON BAILEY

On Friday, Ryan took Bailey to the vet to get his bandage removed off of his tail and it was awful! Apparently the tissue was necrotic (aka dead) due to lack of blood flow and we were now faced with a new VERY HARD decision. Do we remove the tail or not? Do we wait and see if it he gets better when he is home? I was not at the vet so I had 100 ?'s that I wanted answered for my FURRY BABY! So, the vet mentioned to Ryan that he was on call in the emergency clinic last night...So I called and asked him questions about what to do.....He recommended we remove his tail in the next COUPLE OF DAYS due to risk of infection, gangrene,etc... My heart dropped.....Here we are on Tuesday, dropping him off for surgery for a simple mass removal on his tail...thinking no big deal..it's routine...he will be okay....NOPE we are wrong. This is by far one of the hardest things Ryan or I have ever had to deal with. Since Tuesday, Bailey has been in pain....won't walk, won't potty, won't eat, just cries... and gives you the saddest little eyes:(... We have had our fair share of tears and demanded answers... After calling a couple of other vets including one I trust in Dallas, we tried to get more answers..We knew we couldn't stand to see him like this anymore...It was tearing us up and we just wanted effective pain management!! When the vet mentioned he could do the surgery to remove his tail on Tuesday, that seemed like forever to us as we have had to watch him suffer for 4 days already! Apparently it is common to have tail amputation with a mass removal on the tail as there is not much tissue there...

So after ALOT of prayer, we decided to do the surgery today. Our biggest concern was PAIN MANAGEMENT! It was so hard for Ryan to have to bring Bailey back up to the vet AGAIN for another PROCEDURE when we knew he would be in even more pain for awhile. Although we know in the long run this is the best thing for him, we are worried about quality of life, how will he act now, Will we ever have our Bailey back again? Is he mad at us? So... another thing frustrating is we wanted him comfortable.. Well, they do the surgery at the clinic and then 30 minutes after the surgery, Ryan had to pick Bailey up and transport him to the Emergency Clinic, so he can be monitored until Monday morning. The good thing is he is on a morphine IV drip and hopefully staying comfortable. It has been a very emotional day and I have been up to the hospital twice and it broke my heart to say goodbye to him tonight:( I know he is in better hands up there as they can manage his pain...We pray this is a quick recovery and we have our sweet Bailey back soon..Please pray for him to have a speedy recovery and for us to recover emotionally from all of this as it has been so hard on our family.

Thanks for all your emails, phone calls, texts....We really appreciate all the support! We will keep you updated on his progress!:)