Vetses we hate thee
Aug. 15th, 2006 07:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
selenayOr at least, that's what the cat is attempting to tell me :-)
It was the annual check-up for the cat. He's my sister's, but he lives with us because her landlord won't let her have an animal and we can't really face uprooting Skipper from the only home he's had. Skipper is now fifteen years old and doing really quite well for an elderly cat.
Well, except for the Alzheimers that we all suspect he has.
The vet's report is that he's developed a heart murmer over the last year from a leaky valve. There's nothing they can do except drain fluid if he has problems, so it's a watch him and see thing. Hopefully he'll have a good quality of live for at least another couple of years.
The other little surprise is that he's finally started to develop arthritis and apparently one hip really rather hurts when you twist it that way thank you very much. So he's now got some anti-infammatories to take. They're liquid, can be put on his food and they taste sweet so he's a happy cat with those.
The cat is feeling traumatised by the carrier trip, the poking, the prodding, the Big Fucking Needle and the return carrier trip. He's recovering with a nice long nap.
I ask you, how are we supposed to notice if the heart thing is making him more lethargic when the critter sleeps twenty-three hours a day?
In other news, the day went worryingly smoothly and I left work at a sensible time having taken a lunch break. What the hell happened today? And when will the other shoe drop?
It was the annual check-up for the cat. He's my sister's, but he lives with us because her landlord won't let her have an animal and we can't really face uprooting Skipper from the only home he's had. Skipper is now fifteen years old and doing really quite well for an elderly cat.
Well, except for the Alzheimers that we all suspect he has.
The vet's report is that he's developed a heart murmer over the last year from a leaky valve. There's nothing they can do except drain fluid if he has problems, so it's a watch him and see thing. Hopefully he'll have a good quality of live for at least another couple of years.
The other little surprise is that he's finally started to develop arthritis and apparently one hip really rather hurts when you twist it that way thank you very much. So he's now got some anti-infammatories to take. They're liquid, can be put on his food and they taste sweet so he's a happy cat with those.
The cat is feeling traumatised by the carrier trip, the poking, the prodding, the Big Fucking Needle and the return carrier trip. He's recovering with a nice long nap.
I ask you, how are we supposed to notice if the heart thing is making him more lethargic when the critter sleeps twenty-three hours a day?
In other news, the day went worryingly smoothly and I left work at a sensible time having taken a lunch break. What the hell happened today? And when will the other shoe drop?
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Date: 2006-08-15 10:23 pm (UTC)You're lucky you've got a cat who is happy with that! Our last cat, Kirsty, no matter how nice it tasted would not eat it. She had kidney problems when she got older and had to take a pill every day - which took two people to do. And they do make them taste nice!
He's recovering with a nice long nap
Our cats have always recovered from the vets by disappearing for several hours because they don't love you any more. Even Merlin who has been known to purr at the vets so loud the vet can't listen to his heart. He's going to the vets this week - assuming he turns up at some stage during the day - he likes to stay out in the summer, although will quite happily sleep in the middle of the lawn.
the critter sleeps twenty-three hours a day
That's what cats do best.
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Date: 2006-08-16 07:57 am (UTC)The cat doesn't much care whether it's medicine or not, but he's got a really sweet tooth and he'll eat anything sugary or sweet. Daft creature :-)
Our cats have always recovered from the vets by disappearing for several hours
Skipper's solution to everything is a nap. It's like the cat equivilant of tea.
That's what cats do best.
Indeed they do :-)