WE HAD AN EMERGENCY! This little pig boy here was caught between the names Diego and Claus because of a paperwork error we made, but now I think it's going to be Romero because there were GUTS EVERYWHERE! He got neutered today, and everything was great until we got home, and he popped his stitches! So he was having a problem known as "evisceration" in the medical community, and don't Google that. It quickly became obvious that it wasn't something we could handle even just for the night, so we drove to @exoticvetclinic as fast as we could. He had managed to get about twelve inches of intestine out of his surgical site by the time we made the 75 minute drive. Six inches had to be resected, but the head vet there heroically managed the surgery even when she had to start before her on-call tech made it in. I even jumped in and answered the emergency night phone for her and helped with another client of theirs. Wild night. But the surgery itself was successful, so now we're waiting on recovery success. So I'm sure little Romero would appreciate any kind words and thoughts send his way. I know we do. Obviously, under normal circumstances, you'd NEVER want to hold a peeg the way I am in the video. He was greatly exacerbating the injury by kicking at it with his back feet. I was forced to bind them together and then hold them while also restraining his head and front paws for the whole ride and then until anaesthesia kicked in at the clinic. The wrap around his abdomen was holding a sterile gauze pad in place to reduce the inevitable infection. He hated being held like this, and I hated doing it. I can still feel the shadow of that grip in my hands. If anyone is medically minded or just morbidly curious, Alex said she could post the gross pics on our Patreon at www.patreon.com/thepipsqueakery Gotta thank @exoticvetclinic one more time for being there in the middle of the night with skills and patience and care. #peeg #guineapig #vetemergency #veterinaryheroes #veterinarysurgery #romero https://www.instagram.com/p/By4LsrZnv15/?igshid=1gewepj4m65nl
