UPDATES!!!

Bassett is out of surgery, and starting to wake up. The surgeon's words were "Bassett has been ROCK SOLID STEADY and did very well!" What a trooper my baby is!!!!!!

Before the surgery, they did an ultrasound. Her pericardium sac was significantly thicker than it was before, and there was still a lot of fluid, so they went in. They did all three procedures, and Dr. Schiller said there weren't any complications. Bassett has a lot of scarring on her lungs from the fluid being in there all the time, but Dr. Schiller expected that and was not suprised with what she saw (which I take as good news.. today I like boring with no suprises on the side). They opted not to put in a feeding tube because, as Dr. Schiller put it, "With her tortie attitude, we thought the less irritation the better." Hmm.. I wonder if anyone needed bandaids after Bassett's xrays and ultrasound this morning!! One thing that Bassett has always been good at, though, is EATING. She loves to eat, and I know when I took her in this morning she was hungry and was quite mad at me that I hadn't let her eat since midnight. So, I think she will be fine as long as her anasthesia doesn't make her nausous. (I'm pretty sure I spelled all that wrong.. sorry ).

I got *no* sleep last night.. between my busy mind and Bassett begging for food.. it was horrible. I've been sleeping most of the day. Now that I know Bassett is doing well, I feel much more refreshed I can't see her tonight, but Dr. Schiller urged me to come and see her tomorrow.. so I will be doing that and bringing her some of her favourite fishy treats

Thank you all for your prayers - THEY ARE WORKING so keep it up!

And thank you also for all these amazing sigs. They are AWESOME!

Love you all!
Naomi