Recovery
Posted By Russ Emerson on December 1, 2006 at 2:54 am
Mycah is doing very well after her tail amputation.
As predicted, the catheter didn’t last — it came out less than 3 hours after she got home.
De-catheterization notwithstanding, the followup appointment with the vet yesterday morning was all good news. Her bandage was removed — the wound hadn’t leaked or bled or anything like that, so the bandage stays off.
From some angles, her shaved tail makes her look a bit like a big rat.
The vet was pretty confident about the projected course of Mycah’s recovery. It’s remarkable how contagious a dose of confidence can be; I’ve been rather worried all week, but I find myself immensely reassured. Still, though, “cancer” will be on my mind if Mycah’s ever under the weather in the future.
And as for Mycah, well, she’s acting almost as if nothing had happened. She was never on terribly good terms with her tail — barely a passing acquaintance — so I don’t think she’s actually missing it. All she’s really doing is eating and sleeping, with intermittent interruptions for litterbox visits. She gets two doses of painkiller a day, which, I might add, she fights against as if I was trying to squirt hot lava down her throat.
She happily takes all the treats and skritches I can dish out, though. Some things never change.
You’d best go see the Modulator’s Friday Ark.
And if you miss the Carnival of the Cats at Catymology, you’re a poor excuse for a human being. :-)
