Day 2 was a bit easier to handle for everybody. Peanut spent
the night just curled in a ball trying not to move a lot. On the 6th
late at night he did manage to walk over to the litter box and attempt to go to
the bathroom. He did need support standing long enough to empty his bladder,
but we made it work and baby wipes work great getting litter off fur and
cleaning up the urine that gets on his fur.
Peanut was more mobile this morning and he did walk across
our house and try and get in the room where his litter box is usually located
and then when he didn’t get in there he decided to sleep under our kitchen
table which we couldn’t allow him to sleep under for safety reasons mostly I couldn’t
get to him if he needed help getting up or if he didn’t make it to the box in
time. We had to put up a small garden fence to keep him from heading under
there. We had another appointment at 2 pm for a slow releasing pain medication
and removal of his fental patch which
was keeping his appetite suppressed which had us worried since he didn’t really
eat the night before his surgery. About 3 hours after it was removed was the
first time he showed interest in eating some food and went to town on about an
ounce of food. A bit before his appointment he decided to get up and use his
litter box on his own and didn’t need any help but it tired him out and he needed
another nap before he could go to his little bed. So we moved him to it so he
would be more comfortable. The slow releasing medication seemed to be helping a
lot more than his patch probably because he is more like himself just quite
high. The ice pack that was sent home was just too heavy for his hips and we
have resorted to using some cold eye masks that I had a home. We just place
them around his incision site nothing directly on it because it hurts him. He
does have some bright red spots right about his hips more on his right side
than the other but the vet is not to concerned about it since nothing is warm
and they are not swollen. He was impressed that Peanut was up and walking
without much help 2 days out.
Day 3 was a very good day for us. He didn’t seem to hurt as
much and today he attempted to jump over the garden fence so that was removed
and placed just around the table where it reaches the chairs and keeps him from
getting crazy ideas. He has spent most of the day just sitting and sleeping.
Tomorrow he starts some real rehab where he will be forced to bend his legs in
a bicycle manner so the muscles start working again. I know that will not be a
good day for us. He hasn’t eaten a ton today but since he is not moving a lot
the vet said he probably wouldn’t be eating much. Don’t need tons of food if
you not spending energy. We had to swap out his e-collar for a larger one
because he figured out how to get his face around the other one. This is a
problem we were hoping to avoid but we were prepared to face it.
I honestly was worried about putting him thru this surgery
and what kind of return of mobility we would have but this morning I saw him
grab his leg from behind the knee and pull his foot towards him he hasn’t done
that since last year. He is going to be the kitten we adopted and he will have
the life that he deserves. I know that the price tag is a large expense for a
lot of people but just looking at him walking and becoming normal again and I know
it is all worth it.
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