Dear everyone,

This morning we sent Jack back to the specialty hospital for his second surgery. As part of the pre surgery check, the vet did an ultrasound to pinpoint where the fluid is in the abdomen. To his surprise, he could not get the abdomen fluid out for sampling. He then did a focal ultrasound (more focused) on his abdomen to search for the fluid. The outcome of the scan was no fluid found.

2 factors for the outcome:

1) Jack’s immune system fought it off and flushed out the fluid.

2) the culture test outcome is contaminated

The vet mentioned the possibility of the latter factor is relatively low. We all now hope it is the first factor that leads to the missing of the fluid.

Therefore, a second surgery is not necessary at this point (unless we really want to know if there’s any breakdown inside his intestines or stomach). Given Jack has the appetite to eat, not having any signs of post surgical syndrome, and also the risk of the second surgery involved, it is recommended that Jack should stay home and be observed for 2 more weeks. During these 2 weeks, he has been given 2 antibiotics to fight off the 3 bacteria found in the culture test as a precaution.

During these 2 weeks, if Jack is to show signs of severe diarrhea, loss of appetite, or digested blood in stool, then a second surgery will be imminent.

We all hope he will make it these 2 weeks. Once again thank you donors for your generosity. We will keep all of you updated on Jack’s condition periodically.

With great appreciation,

Jack’s owner