Hi Everybody... Opus was doing better and better.. then suddenly last night he started sinking and soon became critical... he wad taken back into surgery this morning and a by pass for the Pyloric valve was installed.. his stomach was severely distended and the pyloric valve has again shut tight.. He was weak for the first surgery.. and this second one was super touch and go.. but the gallant little guy Made It!!! He is staying the night at the vets so the vet can attend him thru until tomorrow.. [now that's some vet!!].., but fluids are going in thru the by pass tube that was inserted in the abdomen and remains open for feeding and fluids.. it goes directly into the digestive tract and by passes the P-Valve... At last report he is awake and responsive.. and has a fair chance if everything is taken very slowly and nothing more goes to the dickens.. However.. he still very much needs your attention... his Daddy is a basket case... that man has incredible devotion not to mention sheer stubbornness!!! so please keep this brave little fighter in your thoughts and say a mantra or two when you can for him.. OK?? Please??? Tonight, again, is a critical time frame.. every hour he stays with us increases the odds he will survive this... and he WANTS to stay with his Daddy.. I don't know who is the stronger fighter.. Opus or his Daddy... Thank you all for your help during this long bitter struggle for this little ones life.. He can only be gathering strength from all the good things you have all been sending him.. no way could he have pulled through these surgeries on his own.. Thank You all for being you!!! dayna and the Woozles :] "Resident of... Marvelous Menagerie Of Mirthful Mayhem" dayna frazier 102046,3162 14-Oct-1996 19:55:09 PST [Posted in FML issue 1722]