Cowboy Man is home resting peacefully (and loudly...he will probably have a sore throat tomorrow from all that snoring!). The surgery went well; hernia is gone! It was a very small hernia, and the surgeon was able to fix it with just a couple of stitches; he didn't even need to use the mesh. Apart from a little nausea, he's had no problems whatsoever. He drank a little chicken broth and had a few crackers to take his pain medication, and I've been in to check on him every half hour or so.
Dr. says the surgery was very easy, and the recovery should be relatively easy as well. He can drive as soon as he no longer needs pain meds, he can stand and walk around as soon as the anesthesia wears off enough, and he can even shower. He has no stitches on the outside; just the dermabond glue stuff. His only restrictions are no swimming for 1 week, and no lifting anything over 10 pounds for 6 weeks.
The member of our family that seems to be doing the worst with all of this is Cookie! She's a nervous wreck. I think she might be a little jealous, too. A minute ago I heard an awful sound and went running toward our bedroom, thinking something terrible had happened to Cowboy Man. What I found instead was Cookie, sitting in front of our bedroom door coughing. Not coughing enough to make me think she had a hairball (she's only had two in the entire year we've had her anyway), but just coughing enough for me to notice. As soon as I picked her up, she stopped. Hmmm....do cats fake coughs? I think ours might.
Thanks so much for all your prayers; God has truly blessed us. If anything else happens, I'll repost, but for now Cowboy Man should just get better and better every day, and will probably be back to work in a week or so! Love you all.
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