Might he “graduate after a month stay in the animal hospital? Well, folks, the improvement has been considerably more noticeable the last few days. Today one of the vet techs was tickled by our boy’s playful talkativness. I tried to catch a few instances on video. He chattered, grabbed my hand, tapped me on the face, purred, moved. I had the technician put a small litter pan in the cage for him to get used to using. It may not be that obvious but you can see in some positions where the leg is missing, and it is still healing. … Continue reading →

  Nope, not ready to go home. Though Play looked much better than ever yesterday and the talk was of releasing him, there seems to be one vet pushing for him to leave and the older vet not. I am with the older vet. Yesterday the cat was lying in urine, I saw he was wet when he turned over to greet me. Mind you, he hasn’t used a litter box in three weeks because it could cause infection, and there was some poop on his foot. He has to be watched. Before he is released they will be taking … Continue reading →

  Play is still healing. I am still concerned about the eye infection which I think is a virus as it is not clearing up with antibiotics. The last time he came home from a stay at the vet he had a cold and got the other kitties ill–I can’t let that happen again. Going to be cautious. If need be I’ll let him stay until after Thanksgiving when things will be quiet and I’ll be able to focus on him. I can see he will require a lot of care and I have to know he can use a … Continue reading →

Loves a scritch Several of the homeless kitties were adopted. A little shaky, barking, crying, upset Chihuahua was admitted and is Play’s new neighbor.     The remaining kitties across the way were taking naps or hiding under towels.     Play was eating when I came in. This was the first time I saw him stand. He tried to walk a step or two.   I stayed with him for a good half hour and kept him purring. He even tried to clean himself but didn’t get far. Each time I said, “who loves you?” Play meowed. It wasn’t … Continue reading →

Play has been at the vet for twenty days. It is 2 weeks past his surgery and he still has healing issues and now conjunctivitis. I think he is resigned to his new temporary home. The doesn’t fight the cone or the IV and today he sat quietly against the side of his cage. He is healing very slowly due to the diabetes. This is the first time he was sitting very close to the front of the cage, and against its (solid) wall rather than lying down. It took me a while to process that he has no right … Continue reading →

I decided that after two weeks Play should have a visit. I wasn’t sure how this was going to work out for either of us. Would he be upset, would I be upset? How would each of us cope. I was reassured that the vets and the staff are doing the best they can. The diabetes has impacted the healing of the wound and the infection. Play was eating when I approached him. He had the appropriate warning on the cage for diabetes. He had an IV drip, a collar as you can see. I took a deep breath: there … Continue reading →

Ampersand and Play, brothers in their youth One of my big stressors was knowing that I had to bring my cat back to the vet. There were three kittens: Romp, And and Play. And became Ampersand. My neighbor adopted Romp. I rescued them with their mother from my yard in 2005. Play was always the thin one, but he had gotten up to about seventeen pounds three or four years ago; it was hard to pick him up. Then it seemed like he was getting thinner and thinner, drinking a lot of water, always hungry. I suspected diabetes and cringed … Continue reading →