June 12th 2005 9:31 pm
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Well! Here I am, a little over two months into my new life without a colon.

That's right; in April, my family took me to the specialists and when I woke up the next morning, I was missing all but about five or six inches of my colon. The operation took over five hours, but they took great care of me, and I recovered nicely. I was in a lot of pain the next day, so the doctor called my family and said she'd like me to stay an extra day to make sure I was comfortable and started eating again.

The day after that, I was walked out of a room with a clear cone collar around my neck and saw my family sitting on a bench, smiling and calling for me. I ran right over and said hello. Everyone was really excited to see me, and I would have been, too, but I was still pretty drugged up.

Mom sat in back with me during the drive home and made sure I didn't move around too much. She and Uncle Homer lifted me out of the car when we got home and I caught up on some lost time out in the front yard. My buddy Tank was really happy to see me, but everybody else ignored me as usual.

I had a bunch of staples all over my belly and along my groin area, and a big wrap around my neck where they'd had my jugular catheter. I really needed to lick and scratch myself, but Mom and Auntie Chrissy made me a nice bed on a thick piece of foam and lots of blankets and they made sure I didn't move around a lot. They brought me chicken baby food and water and they kept me clean and dry.

Now, over two months later, I'm a lot thinner (about ten pounds lighter without that pesky mega-colon) but am gaining weight, and I'm back to my normal self. My belly and neck fur isn't growing back very quickly, but I don't care. I'm just happy to be here, chewing my tennis ball and playing with my friends.

I may never be able to be weaned off of stool softener, but Mom keeps me in diapers with tail holes cut in them so that I can hang out with everyone and not make a mess.

Well, it's time for another bath!