More active today, and so determined to chew on his stitches that I had to find a bigger cone!
Yesterday he tried to scramble onto the ottoman. Good news: he made it. Bad news: he made it and isn’t supposed to, and is not allowed to jump down.
Day Five
Day Four: Better today
Day four: the emergency vet said he was actually doing really well, but gave me more pain drugs for Aral anyway.
This morning he climbed out of his bed to climb into my lap!
At the emergency vet
I decided that he seemed to be hurting and brought him in. I think he needs more pain meds than they gave him.
Day Three
Day Two
Surgery is done
Aral went in this morning at 8. The vet called around noon to say that they were done and everything went well.
I can pick him up tomorrow after 2. I’ve already set up a sick room for him. Poor baby!
I just got the reminder call.
The vet called to remind me that Aral will be in for surgery Monday morning. No food after 8pm, no water after midnight.
Pre-Op: The Before Video
Ulp
This morning, Aral was limping and refused breakfast. Honestly, the limp looked like Pan’s post saddle thrombosis limp, which is what convinced me to not mess around, even though he’s tiny.
It turns out that he has a congenital birth defect in his hips. They want to do surgery to cut off both femoral heads, and say that he’ll probably be on pain killers for life if I don’t. His prognosis is excellent if I do. Also, he’s about nine months old. That’s a lot of life.
Honestly, I’m probably getting this cat anything he needs.
I’m going out of town next week, so it won’t be today, even though they were willing to do it right now. I’m going to talk to my regular vet.
I guess this explains 1. his long, whiny meows and 2. the fact that he never learned to jump up on the kitchen counter. I though he just liked me picking him up for his meals.
Edited to add:
I’ve been googling what they want to do to Aral, and it’s kind of horrifying. They weren’t kidding when they said there was also a really intense recovery period, either. Yikes! The success rate is supposed to be really good, though.