Background for anyone who might not be aware is that Connie is one of my older ladies. She lives with Violet and together they are collectively known as Hinge and Bracket as they are a bit cranky. Violet had a spay about 8 weeks ago. Yesterday was Connie's turn. She has been undergoing investigations into lumps, bloating, hair loss, barbering and general illness for a couple of months. Finally a scan revealed she has one very badly cystic ovary and cysts on the other one, too but she's been battling a chest infection so it's been a matter of getting her fit enough to have the anaesthetic.
Connie had her op yesterday. She had both ovaries and a suspicious lump from her hip area removed. She's shaved up both sides with sutures on both sides and one hip and looks rather pitiful. I was syringe feeding her very couple of hours yesterday and through the night but at the 6am feed this morning she asked me to stop sooner than I had planned and then went in and filled her face with hay. Since then she's been tucking in to hay, pellets and veggies. She did sound a bit grunty last night from the GA but she's on ABs already and her breathing is not compromised and she has not sounded grunty since the early hours. I plan to attempt a syringe top up later before bed if she will cooperate, but her appetite has certainly returned. Urine and poo output are returning towards normal. And she and Violet are back to their normal cranky behaviour with each other which is strangely reassuring.
It's early days but I'm cautiously optimistic as things seem to be improving little by little.
keep it up & speedy recovery to a happy hay muncher 
" happy healthy Hinge & Bracket 
