Thursday, December 11, 2008

We Have Regressed

Yesterday morning our injured kitty, Theo, surprised us by pulling the cast off his foot entirely. Just two weeks after the surgery, there were lots of kitty screams going on--matched scream for scream by Yours Truly as I tried to keep a very angry cat from chewing up his own leg and causing a few thousands of dollars more in damage. Andy came running like the faithful husband he is, and we got him to the closest vet.

Today we're back to this:
Even with the new kitty pain killers (which mercifully cause serious drowsiness), Theo is now aware that the bandages come off and keeps trying to chew on it. The Elizabethan collar, the poodle-do--I can't say I really blame him for being angry. That's why we got kitty valium.

I wish I had known that helping him use the litter box might have been the high point of this whole process.......

1 comment:

Mandy said...

Poor poor Theo! The indignity of it all.
Such a shame none of us speak cat, we could have a way of making him understand that the cast is helping not hindering his recovery.
Good luck with all of this. It sounds as if it is all getting harder rather than easier. The valium should help. I do hope that you don't end up needing it too.

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