I think I’ll go out and clean his cage.

4:35 PM: Got the phone call. Waiting for another one now. Harley’s staying overnight. The vets have been slammed all day, and the vet wanted to be able to work on Harley in an unhurried fashion. She’ll call again tonight after the surgery.
I asked how today’s jaw X-rays looked, and her answer, verbatim:
“Well, not great. But not, you know, incompatible with life.”
So there we have it. Unless something goes wrong in surgery — always a possibility — its the best news we could have hoped for.

7:43: Still waiting.

8:28: Just got the call. He had his teeth ground down, woke up, and started cramming hay into his face. He goes back for another trim in a month.

1. 
   susurra 2005 06 14 at 7:21:08 pm

   Holding good thoughts Chris and Harley.

2. 
   Space Kitty 2005 06 14 at 7:50:34 pm

   *chews nails, thinks positive thoughts*

3. 
   beth 2005 06 14 at 8:33:39 pm

   Yeah, I’ve been thinking about you and Harley today, too…

4. 
   susurra 2005 06 14 at 8:52:18 pm

   thank goodness.

   what a trooper he is!

5. 
   Rana 2005 06 14 at 9:03:11 pm

   Sending good thoughts north…

6. 
   leslee 2005 06 14 at 11:11:24 pm

   Poor little guy. Hope things go well and Harley goes on to enjoy life and veggies (if they’re not one and the same).

7. 
   susurra 2005 06 14 at 11:26:12 pm

   I bet Harley increases your hit count.  :)

8. 
   KathyF 2005 06 15 at 8:51:35 am

   Yay! I was hoping he’d be okay. Geez, we love these little ones as much as the big ones, don’t we?

9. 
   Vicki 2005 06 15 at 9:38:39 am

   Hooray for Harley!  Carrots for everyone!

10. 
    Equinox 2005 06 15 at 11:31:57 am

    Yay! I’m so glad to hear it. (anonymous stranger on the internets worrying about your pets-how strange. But I was worried, and I am glad he’s better.)

11. 
    Space Kitty 2005 06 15 at 1:44:32 pm

    Go, Harley, Go!

12. 
    beth 2005 06 15 at 3:19:39 pm

    Would that we were all so resiliant! Yeah Harley!