Jack Needs Lots of Toofers Pulled!

[Logan]

I certainly will keep him in my prayers, Diana. I hope this is going to make him feel so much better, even if your wallet is screaming a bit.

[Cincy'sMom]

Good luck tomorrow, Jack! We'll be praying for you!

[k9krazee]

Good Luck Mister Jack! You'll be in my thoughts, bud.

[Cinder & Smoke]

Hi God ~

Tyme fur a lil re-mynder about tumorrow ...

We're hopin You get a good nite's sleep an got Your *skrubbies* all spiffied up ...
Peanut an Tubby otta be flyin ober ta pick Ya up purdy urlee ...
Gotta be in Findlay fue Jack's Toofer Sir Jury inna mornin!

Spechul Request frum both Jack an his MOM ... try not to pull out
TOOOO many of 'em - Jack likes ta munch on krunchies ...
an Mom is wurried about da 2-Leggers eatin anything iffin da BILL getz too big!

Jack wuld also like to attend da PT Pik-Nik on Sunday ... any chance of
dat happnin?
See iffin he kan feel good enuff to attend.
If he can't - we'll send home a big baggie filled wiff TREETS fur him.

Oh yeah ... remember MOM, too ... she'll be needin sum {{{God'sHugs}}}
whilst she's *waitin* fur Jack to be finished.

Give Jack a lil *skritch* frum us, OK God?
THANKS, God - hava SAFE Flight down here!

/s/ the Prayer Pups

(Dad sendz a {{{HUG}}} fur Mom, too.)

[cyber-sibes]

How's Jack? I just noticed this, hope everything went well for him. He's such a good boy. Prayers he heals up and starts eating & gaining back again.

[Cincy'sMom]

Any update on Jack?

[ramanth]

Hope all went well with Jack!

[4 Dog Mother]

Just talked to the vet's office a few minutes ago. Jack had 15 teeth pulled - it took twice as long as they had scheduled - his two incisors (I think that is the ones she said - the big ones in the middle)- had very, very long roots. Dr. Freeman even had to use the drill which they rarely have to. They have kept them for us to see. Anyway he is having a hard time waking up from the anesthesia and they may keep him overnight. I am suppose to call at 5:50 to see if they are going to keep him or not. They pulled the two big broken ones up front too but she said a lot of his molars are left which are the ones he chews with. So he should be fine with kibble.

She said that he should feel better than he did before they removed them. I sure am glad of that. And I truly hope that this is the problem causing the weight loss. And that now he starts gaining some back again! Thanks for the prayers! PT prayers always seems to help the dogs come out better!

[Cinder & Smoke]

Izzie HOME, yet??

White Coat Lab said he was "Good to Go", and the Gal was all set to call Mom to pick him up at 5:30 pm.

Hope he didn't decide to sleep over at the Vet's Joint ... prolly be better Luvin at home!

[4 Dog Mother]

They called and asked me to pick Jack up at 5:50 so Dr. Freeman could check on him before he left and he would have time to talk to me. Jack's surgery took twice as long as they thought. He evidently had infections throughout his early life (before we got him I hope) and that built up scar tissue to the point where there was no defining point between his jaw bone and teeth. The roots of those big long front teeth were very long and took a lot of drilling to get out - he ended up drilling into his jaw bone to get them out. You could see where the new infections had eaten away some of the root too. All very disgusting. He kept the teeth to show me how bad they were and I actually brought them home. Since Phred had called I told them about the Pet Talk meeting and he said I could take them but by tomorrow they would be stinking. Christy and Carl wanted to see them so I brought them home anyway. Dr. Freeman used 4 packages of suture thread to sew the poor dog back up. He said he pulled 26 teeth out of a greyhound in March and it only took 3 which tells me how much cutting and drilling into the bone he did. He sent home 2 pain meds and 2 antibiotics for him. He said Jack would probably be feeling better tonight than he did when he came in this morning. And that we may see a new younger Jack - that sometimes the teeth are making them so bad and they feel so good after that they act like 2 year olds again. Jack is so quiet and calm that I can't see him acting like a normal 2 year old Airedale. He said he could come to the Dog Park meeting as long as he didn't spend the whole day running - I forgot to tell him that a running all day Jack is not a dog WE ever knew.

So I feel like a bad doggy mommy but Dr. Freeman said it was hard to say when those old infections that caused the scarring was and with the problems we have been having with Snoopy the last couple of years it would be hard to realize Jack was having problems since he didn't really show any symptoms until he started to loose weight.

Phred, they told me you called. Thanks alot but you are really too generous to us.

[cyber-sibes]

Wow, poor Jack. But don't be so hard on yourself, you did take care of it as soon as you noticed the symptoms, and you've had him to the vet for other stuff when he needs it.
Sending sibe vibes that he feels better and heals up quickly!

[chocolatepuppy]

Hoping Jack feels a lot better soon.