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woolymonkeyMany many thanks for the support and congratulations. It's good to have your company on the Leicester adventure.
He's at home in a cage and looking pretty comfy except maybe for the last hour or so before the next daily dose of pain meds when he tends to hunch up a bit. right now he's sleeping in a circle with his tummy exposed and looks very relaxed indeed. He's a bit more mobile every day but his left leg won't bear weight until he's had surgery to pin the broken socket. Meanwhile, the front half is normal Leicester and tries to jump and climb out of the cage whenever he sees an opening, but the back half ain't going nowhere. He can lie on either side, roll on his back, roll right over, lie in sphynx position, but he can't get his bottom off the ground. His right back leg and right pelvis is undamaged, but he can't use it, presumably because any load on that side of the pelvis hurts the broken left side. This makes using the litter tray interesting because he can't get his bottom more than a centimetre or two off the ground. He has a baking tray of litter that he kind of lies in, lifts himself a bit, and does what he can. It seems to get easier and neater every day, but it can't improve properly until after the op. Meanwhile, he's a bit bored, but enjoying front-half tummy scritches and fudz little and often (on vets advice, not because there's any problem with his digestion but just to provide a bit of entertainment). On Friday and Saturday there were some outbreaks of cat swearing whenever he did something that hurt. He'd growl and spit at his back end like it was one of next door's cats attacking him. This has stopped now, either because he's healed a bit or he's learned what movements not to make.
He's fit for surgery now, but the vet has to order in some rather obscure parts for him. So he's booked in for Wednesday morning. It feels like a long wait now, but only a couple of days ago we were afraid it wasn't late enough to give him a chance to pee. So the next step is to starve him on Tuesday night, drop him off at the vet on Weds morning and await news. If all goes well (which it should, but of course there are risks), he'll be allowed to come home once he's able to empty his own bladder again and can manage with oral rather than injection pain meds. So he might be back as early as Thursday, or as late as the weekend, depending on how fast he recovers.
Once he's home again, it's 6 weeks of cage rest followed by gradual rehab. At first, he'll probably be worse than he is now because the op will hurt, but soon he should start to be able to hobble about on all 4 legs. This is where the cage comes in to make sure he doens't overdo it while the bones are knitting. It's going to be quite tough, but we feel so lucky that he's recovered to the point where we can look forward to nursing him back to health. Go! Leicester (but very gently and not more than a few inches in any direction please)!
Humbug is not sure about all this. He was very happy to see and wash injured Leicester when he dragged himself home, but back-from-vet-Leicester smells funny. Being the Bug, he hasn't turned aggressive but he's nervous around the new Leicester. At first he hated being in the same room. Now he comes and eats his food near Leicester's cage and occasionally wanders over for a sniff. I'm confident they'll make friends again as Leicester gets his normal smell back, but again things will likely get worse before they get better since post-op Leicester is going to smell really weird.
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He's at home in a cage and looking pretty comfy except maybe for the last hour or so before the next daily dose of pain meds when he tends to hunch up a bit. right now he's sleeping in a circle with his tummy exposed and looks very relaxed indeed. He's a bit more mobile every day but his left leg won't bear weight until he's had surgery to pin the broken socket. Meanwhile, the front half is normal Leicester and tries to jump and climb out of the cage whenever he sees an opening, but the back half ain't going nowhere. He can lie on either side, roll on his back, roll right over, lie in sphynx position, but he can't get his bottom off the ground. His right back leg and right pelvis is undamaged, but he can't use it, presumably because any load on that side of the pelvis hurts the broken left side. This makes using the litter tray interesting because he can't get his bottom more than a centimetre or two off the ground. He has a baking tray of litter that he kind of lies in, lifts himself a bit, and does what he can. It seems to get easier and neater every day, but it can't improve properly until after the op. Meanwhile, he's a bit bored, but enjoying front-half tummy scritches and fudz little and often (on vets advice, not because there's any problem with his digestion but just to provide a bit of entertainment). On Friday and Saturday there were some outbreaks of cat swearing whenever he did something that hurt. He'd growl and spit at his back end like it was one of next door's cats attacking him. This has stopped now, either because he's healed a bit or he's learned what movements not to make.
He's fit for surgery now, but the vet has to order in some rather obscure parts for him. So he's booked in for Wednesday morning. It feels like a long wait now, but only a couple of days ago we were afraid it wasn't late enough to give him a chance to pee. So the next step is to starve him on Tuesday night, drop him off at the vet on Weds morning and await news. If all goes well (which it should, but of course there are risks), he'll be allowed to come home once he's able to empty his own bladder again and can manage with oral rather than injection pain meds. So he might be back as early as Thursday, or as late as the weekend, depending on how fast he recovers.
Once he's home again, it's 6 weeks of cage rest followed by gradual rehab. At first, he'll probably be worse than he is now because the op will hurt, but soon he should start to be able to hobble about on all 4 legs. This is where the cage comes in to make sure he doens't overdo it while the bones are knitting. It's going to be quite tough, but we feel so lucky that he's recovered to the point where we can look forward to nursing him back to health. Go! Leicester (but very gently and not more than a few inches in any direction please)!
Humbug is not sure about all this. He was very happy to see and wash injured Leicester when he dragged himself home, but back-from-vet-Leicester smells funny. Being the Bug, he hasn't turned aggressive but he's nervous around the new Leicester. At first he hated being in the same room. Now he comes and eats his food near Leicester's cage and occasionally wanders over for a sniff. I'm confident they'll make friends again as Leicester gets his normal smell back, but again things will likely get worse before they get better since post-op Leicester is going to smell really weird.
I expect both cats will be posting about this over on
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Date: 2012-09-10 07:06 pm (UTC)