Poor Fella !

So I visited Gollum last night.
He was SO depressed ! ! ! !
It made me feel even MORE guilty for having to put him through surgeries right now !
:(
Luckily the two HUGE BARKING German Shepards who were there my last visit had been checked out - so it was a LOT quieter for him.
Though he did have a snoring Beagle under him which was quite interesting.
I stayed with him for 1/2 hour - 45 minutes and just talked to him and scratched him.
The woman on duty last night was really nice. She and I talked a bit about him. I'd asked if he'd lashed out at any of the staff and she said that he was basically just petrified and didn't really move at all.
That just sank my heart.
He's regressed.
And he's not eating or drinking.
So I explained his deal to her- his emotional problems, his past abuse, his behavioral issues and his patterns of not eating, drinking or eliminating when he's in "trauma" mode.
She was in shock over this - apparently no one noted this information (of which I'd told about 10 people) in his chart ! ! ! !
So she did.
I'm hoping those notes will encourage the staff to handle him gently.
My poor boy !
I just WISH I could bring him home today ! ! ! !
He's still hooked up to an IV so that he's receiving fluids and I know they're making sure he's going to be in good shape before they send him home with me.
One more day (hopefully) and I'll be visiting him again tonight.