Poor kitty!

[cjsmith]

Little Girl went in for teeth cleaning on Monday. Unrelated, except for piggybacking on the anesthesia, she also had

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a small patch of skin

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excised for biopsy. Because of the state of her teeth beforehand, she's getting antibiotics twice a day. Because of the incision, she's wearing an Elizabethan collar. She's pretty miserable. She keeps bumping into things, she is having a hard time eating, she can't rub her face against her humans, and she can't wash just about anywhere.

The good news is that her blood work is fine; she shows no evidence of problems related to having eaten the recalled Hill's m/d food. Biopsy results will be back in another day or two.

Rob says I need a new LJ icon picturing this cat in her current pathetic state. Me, I think I'd rather not remind myself afterwards.

Twelve more days and she gets her stitches out and the collar off.

Comments

[dawnmipb.livejournal.com]

The poor baby! Twelve days of terrible frustration. And then wait until the stitches start seriously itching....

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Oh, no kidding. I expect the itching to begin in another day or two. (That's how long it usually takes for me, anyway.) I'm trying to remember how long it should take to fade again. I wouldn't be surprised if I can take the collar off earlier than the stitches come out, if the itching has stopped and she's not trying to attack the site any more.