Surgery~ma, and fluid~ma to Malachi! If it's not painful to the touch and he's eating and voiding normally, I'd let it go for a couple of days until after your own surgery. Maybe when you're recovered enough to talk on the phone, call the vet and describe it to get advice?

(Or even give one of us the vet's phone, since you already *have* described it pretty completely, and we can call this morning just so you don't have to worry about remembering it amid the postop grog.)

Surgery and recovery ~ma, Erin! As for Malachi, fluid-filled cysts are not, to my knowledge, either uncommon or dangerous on cats. The vet can probably drain it and it'll be fine. IANAV

Surgery, cat, and interview ~ma.

Sending ~ma your way, erin.

So sorry for you and the SO's loss, Liese.

Interview-ma, Calli & GC!

Multi-functional~ma for Erin!

Not really here.

Thanks for the ~ma!

I think my part of the interview went well. On the other hand, they called me two hours after the scheduled interview time. And, reading between the lines, I suspect there's a fustercluck of epic proportions surrounding the job opening. Still, it's a fustercluck they seem inclined to pay someone to deal with. We'll see if they call me back.

Heat wave. Office is 87ºF, not including humidity. Ceiling fan is not doing enough.

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I'm Meltiiiiinnnnnnggg!!!!

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On a scale of "he's totally fine, go to bed then get up super early for surgery yourself" to "stay up all night at the emergency pet hospital", where does this rank?

I'm sure it's all taken care of but call the vet where he regularly gets care and ask. I wouldn't personally emergency it while normal everything else is really normal. But I'd have it looked at sooner rather than later since I can't think why it'd appear. Stuff like that often requires hands on critter. Disclaimer: IANAD or vet tech but I fake working in a clinic on a regular basis.

Also I hope your surgery went well.

Surgery went very well, faster than predicted (3 hrs instead of 7, woot!), no complications or adverse reactions except for the itching. Oh, the itching. I know well enoug to never put Oxycodone, hydroxodone, or tramadol in my mouth...but whatever the injected into the spinal block is itcherrific to the max. Even with two full doses of Iv Benadryl I'm awake from then constant need to scratch. Did have to take my gallbladder too which is a little sad but apparently the adenoma was clnging to the gallbladder and could not be separated. In the hospital for another day probably. Thanks for all the ~ma, it really works! I'll be calling the vet tomorrow and a friend can take him in since I don't want saddle mom with a miserable vet experience. And I took the friends cat to the vet just a few weeks ago when she was out of town so it's favor repaid :)

Just FYI, I've had my gallbladder out since last year, and have noticed no affect on my digestive system at all.