Asher's Traumatic Night

So we had a little scare Monday evening in my apartment.  I came home to Asher throwing up all over the place...which means he is having a problem passing a stool.  This happened on New Year's Eve as well as sometime in October.  Those two times before, he was eventually able to pass it.  This time was different.  After about half an hour, Justin told me to go get an enema from the grocery store, as well as some gloves and lube.  I tried to give him the enema, but couldn't get it past the impaction.  The poor little guy was trying hard to pass it, but was CLEARLY in a lot of pain.  I had called the vet as soon as I got home, but they were closed for the day and told me to bring him in the next morning.  There was no way I could let him go like that all night, so I took him to the after hours emergency clinic.

They did some radiographs and decided it would be best for him to stay the night, get a long catheter enema, some IV fluids, and a shot for the vomiting.  I picked him up Tuesday morning feeling pitiful, but much better.  He is on a laxative for the next few days and has an appointment Friday morning with his regular vet to make sure everything is ok.  They also told me to add in some wet food to his normal diet to increase the fiber, hoping this will prevent future impactions.  So far he's eating most of the wet food, which is good considering he is in no way food-driven.  Other than the 2 inches of shaved leg (where the IV catheter was placed), he looks normal and seems to be doing well.  Poor, poor little guy!

That gecko-shaped thing is the fecal impaction...OUCH