12.09.2006

Weekend Thing Update...

[photo of the cats, sans Molly, in Arlington... bottom = Tommy, red & white Persian; Chloe, red flame Himilayan; Felix, black cat; Miss Thing, Siamese mix]
Miss Thing seems to be doing better as of Friday. She had xrays taken, as well as some serious IV fluids & pain meds. In short, it looks like she may have had some fluid or cartilege stuff between the vertebrae near her 13 rib blow out--which *may* have caused some serious pain. Not really sure since we can't ask her. Good news too was that she used the litter box overnight, which means that all the bits & pieces work ok! Anyway, it also looks like she has a fair amount of scar tissue on her spine resulting from a very active kitten-hood [which is believable since she was a freakin' gymnast as a child]. We visited yesterday morning & she seemed a bit responsive/happy to see us. She purred & swatted my fingers when I moved them under the covers. She did get tired easily though--so she'll be staying at the vet over the weekend & they're going to try & wean her off some of the pain meds to see how she starts moving. The vet likened it to an extreme athlete who threw out his back. Maybe with some rest & relaxation, she'll recover ok. It's just wait-n-see until Monday at this point. I forget how tough she is.

1 comment:

Hege said...

I am so glad that little Miss Thing is doing better, and I hope on Monday she will be ready to come home!