Da Beans.
Olive is back. She's woozy and tired and the vet suggested quarantining her for seven days instead of the usual one or two. She got the full princess treatment and has several days of pain meds, to boot.
The x-rays showed definite abnormalities in her spine. About three, maybe four, of her vertebrae are developmentally malformed. The vet said that he sees that from time to time in dogs, and it's called Wobbler's Syndrome, but this is the first time he's seen it in a cat. He's going to show the x-rays to some of his specialist colleagues just to make sure that there's no cause for alarm, because otherwise it's a watch-and-wait sort of thing. She could stay as-is and have a great quality of life. Things could get worse and require drugs or surgery. Nothing is definite, so we just have to watch her.
Still, I'll pick that over a spinal infection any day.
Bean is going to be given the honor of staying in our bedroom with us, and being transferred to the studio when I'm working so she's not alone all day. She's got a shaved belly and a little lion's paw where they had to shave one wrist in order to insert an IV.
11. I'm grateful for a really thorough, gentle, and patient vet who treats Olive like our four legged child, and not just any ol' cat.
The x-rays showed definite abnormalities in her spine. About three, maybe four, of her vertebrae are developmentally malformed. The vet said that he sees that from time to time in dogs, and it's called Wobbler's Syndrome, but this is the first time he's seen it in a cat. He's going to show the x-rays to some of his specialist colleagues just to make sure that there's no cause for alarm, because otherwise it's a watch-and-wait sort of thing. She could stay as-is and have a great quality of life. Things could get worse and require drugs or surgery. Nothing is definite, so we just have to watch her.
Still, I'll pick that over a spinal infection any day.
Bean is going to be given the honor of staying in our bedroom with us, and being transferred to the studio when I'm working so she's not alone all day. She's got a shaved belly and a little lion's paw where they had to shave one wrist in order to insert an IV.
11. I'm grateful for a really thorough, gentle, and patient vet who treats Olive like our four legged child, and not just any ol' cat.