Elliott Update

Elliott had the endoscopy around 2:30 pm today. So far - success. The vets pulled a hard blue plastic thing from his stomach - I have no idea what this could be. I asked them to save it for me so that I could look at it, and I also had them take photos of his insides because I wanted to see what they saw. They said the lining of his stomach was thickened, so they took a few biopsies while they were already in there and those will be back within a week. Common sense is telling me that it could be scar tissue or calluses from that plastic thing.

I just called again before I started this post, and the vet tech said that Elliott is still pretty drowsy from the anesthetic, but his temperature is normal and his vitals have been good all day. They plan to check on him again at 9 pm tonight, and if he's feeling better they'll see if he's interested in some food.

I am feeling a lot better and very optimistic, but I'm still somewhat guarded until I can hold him myself and see how he is. I am very, very excited to go and pick him up him tomorrow night, and the traffic to Annapolis at 5 PM should be so much fun. I'll post more information once I see him for myself. Thanks for the happy thoughts, all. So far all of that good energy is working for us.