Cat Update

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Well, things feline have improved quite a bit around here since last time.



Greykitty: It's been two months since her hospitalization for pancreatitis, and currently she's getting two shots of insulin a day and getting to eat as much as she wants to, and she seems to be doing pretty well. Alert, affectionate, active -- all the good A words. Not growing back her fur where she was shaved, which is a little disturbing, but otherwise much better than I could have hoped!



Harry: Cancer free! Came through his lump removal and dentistry surgery with flying colors, is all healed up and growing back his fur. They only had to remove one tooth. Not wearing the lampshade anymore, even. He's still getting his twice daily thyroid medication, but otherwise he's pretty happy and healthy. I haven't decided whether or not to do the radioactive iodine therapy for him, but the idea is starting to grow on me.



Sam: No news -- which is good news! Although he's still fat. Going to the vet next week to get his blood work done. Assuming that he's fine, he'll have his dentistry work done soon. And hopefully that will be all!

Note: My kitties are indoor kitties, photo evidence to the contrary. Once every few weeks during the temperate months I bring them into our enclosed back yard for an hour or so. After that they become hyper and irritable until the next time I bring them out, or until they forget again that out exists.

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[rolandgsl.livejournal.com]

Before we were married, my wife lived in Bennington with a couple of cats. She'd pick the wettest, slushiest, snowiest day of the year to give them their annual dose of "out", usually by directly inserting them into the wet snow. "See, it's icky out there. You don't really want to go out now, do you?"

Of course, it's pretty hard to make that case in the spring or summer with all the windows open and the scents of the Great Outdoors wafting through...