Gisela's journey part 3

Oct 22, 2011 2:37 pm

Gisela is now at my house again and lookin' great!

11/10/11--Time for Gisela to find a loving home of her own.

Not sure Gisela's life expectancy is predictable by anyone after the initial eval once she has fooled us and survived every marker. she has outlived and outperformed every profile for most hydrocephalus cats or dogs born w/it, and unlike babies, the install of a shunt isn't going to happen in a puppy or kitten. So whatever her brain/spinal fluid/skull needs were, happened on her own, as needed, with many miracles to account for it, and Dr. M's widsom and guidance at every step.

I'm thinking it's anybody's guess, since the odds of them surviving the initial dx is pretty small, and even if they do, can have so many problems including brain damage, but she has had zero signs, so far, of any serious residuals.

As conservative and cautious as he is, he wouldn't have done her spay surgery when he did if he thought she couldn't have had decent odds of surviving the anesthesia, and while there are always some risks of the unknown even w/pets that are "normal" going in, he thought it best to wait until she was the age and weight she was before attempting the spay.

Then, after that recovery, the eyelid surgery was to improve the quality of life she foes have which IMO, except for some cosmetic differences in her upper facial features, she seems 100% to me as far as developmentally on track.

Once Gisela lived thru that night, having struggled so hard to survive, while I lay day and night with her across my neck and chest at 2.5 weeks, and praying over her, trying to get any fluids into her I could, I had a good feeling that that miracle was not going to be wasted by her checking out once she turned that corner. But anything can happen, as it can with any pet that gets a rough start.

I look at every day she's here, functioning well, active and happy, as a "bonus" -- and a daily miracle.