Touchstone clowder update

"Steve Touchstone" wrote in message
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Well, the Touchstone kittys are still alive and mostly well - more on
Little Bit is the reason for the "mostly well" qualifier above. She's
had me concerned for the past week. Last week she was fine, but since
last Tuesday night she can't support herself with her back legs. She
was fine when I got home at 1:30am, but about 3:30 I saw her dragging
herself across the living room. So Wednesday we were at TED's office
first thing in the morning. She still has feeling in her legs, just
very weak. After an exam and xrays she has the new TED is puzzled.
Since then I've been giving her steroids twice a day. I don't know if
the meds are helping or not, but she does seem a little better in that
she can now at least sit up straight and take a couple steps before
she collapses and starts dragging herself. She has a followup
appointment for the 19th and we'll see where we go from there. For now
she doesn't seem to be in any pain. Her biggest complaint, if she
could voice it, would to be that TED wants her confined to a small
room so she doesn't develop sores on her legs when she drags herself
around. OTOH, the fact that she has me carrying her from spot to spot
trying to find out where she wants to be probably has her happy. She's
also no doubt happy that she has her own litterbox that the others
can't contaminate- after all she has always been of the opinion that
the box should be scouped after each use.

Is it remotely possible that she could have been knocked by a car?
Sometimes an injury can take a while to manifest itself - whiplash injury in
a human is famous for this. I walked away from a car crash thinking I had
no injury until two days later.
Purrs coming across the pond that her hind legs will soon behave themselves
again and that she will totally recover very quickly.

Tweed

Christina Websell wrote:
Is it remotely possible that she could have been knocked by a car?
Sometimes an injury can take a while to manifest itself - whiplash injury in
a human is famous for this. I walked away from a car crash thinking I had
no injury until two days later.

well, no, she's only been allowed out under supervision for several
years. When I first adopted her I let her go out, but when ever since
I saw her dart across the street and almost get hit she became an
inside only cat. And unlike KFC, LB is not a climber, the highest
thing she climbs is on the bed when she wants a nap. Of course she
could have jumped off the bed and just landed wrong - I sprained an
ankle a couple years ago stepping off a sidewalk that.

Purrs coming across the pond that her hind legs will soon behave themselves
again and that she will totally recover very quickly.

Well, she's definitely getting better. From not being able to support
herself at all last Wednesday, to a couple steps yesterday, and a
little while ago she walked for four or five steps before sitting down
and meowing at me to come carry her to the bedroom.

Steve Touchstone wrote:
Well, the Touchstone kittys are still alive and mostly well - more on
that later. Now a days I'm a lurker who only signs on once a month or
so instead of nightly like I used to - so there's no way for me to
keep current.

Spotty and Sammy are doing fine. Spot has been completely accepted
into the family. Sammy had that one episode that some of you may
remember when she was diagnosed with a heart problem. Since that one
time, she's never had another problem. On the downside, she no longer
likes to go for rides in the truck - I guess too many times the rides
ended at TED. She used to be happy to see me get out her carrier and
leash, now she runs and hides whenever the carrier comes out.

Little Bit is the reason for the "mostly well" qualifier above. She's
had me concerned for the past week. Last week she was fine, but since
last Tuesday night she can't support herself with her back legs. She
was fine when I got home at 1:30am, but about 3:30 I saw her dragging
herself across the living room. So Wednesday we were at TED's office
first thing in the morning. She still has feeling in her legs, just
very weak. After an exam and xrays she has the new TED is puzzled.
Since then I've been giving her steroids twice a day. I don't know if
the meds are helping or not, but she does seem a little better in that
she can now at least sit up straight and take a couple steps before
she collapses and starts dragging herself. She has a followup
appointment for the 19th and we'll see where we go from there. For now
she doesn't seem to be in any pain. Her biggest complaint, if she
could voice it, would to be that TED wants her confined to a small
room so she doesn't develop sores on her legs when she drags herself
around. OTOH, the fact that she has me carrying her from spot to spot
trying to find out where she wants to be probably has her happy. She's
also no doubt happy that she has her own litterbox that the others
can't contaminate- after all she has always been of the opinion that
the box should be scouped after each use.

I promise to break out of lurking enough to post an update after her
appointment next week. Last TED promised to do more research to find
something that fit the symptoms, so hopefully I'll know more then.

Steve,
(who for a change is not being supervised, as all the cats are napping
in the other room)

Sending purrs for Little Bit and glad to see you back!

Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe

Steve Touchstone wrote:
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Little Bit is the reason for the "mostly well" qualifier above. She's
had me concerned for the past week. Last week she was fine, but since
last Tuesday night she can't support herself with her back legs. She
was fine when I got home at 1:30am, but about 3:30 I saw her dragging
herself across the living room. So Wednesday we were at TED's office
first thing in the morning. She still has feeling in her legs, just
very weak. After an exam and xrays she has the new TED is puzzled.
Since then I've been giving her steroids twice a day. I don't know if
the meds are helping or not, but she does seem a little better in that
she can now at least sit up straight and take a couple steps before
she collapses and starts dragging herself. She has a followup
appointment for the 19th and we'll see where we go from there. For now
she doesn't seem to be in any pain. Her biggest complaint, if she
could voice it, would to be that TED wants her confined to a small
room so she doesn't develop sores on her legs when she drags herself
around. OTOH, the fact that she has me carrying her from spot to spot
trying to find out where she wants to be probably has her happy. She's
also no doubt happy that she has her own litterbox that the others
can't contaminate- after all she has always been of the opinion that
the box should be scouped after each use.

I promise to break out of lurking enough to post an update after her
appointment next week. Last TED promised to do more research to find
something that fit the symptoms, so hopefully I'll know more then.

Steve,
(who for a change is not being supervised, as all the cats are napping
in the other room)


Lots and lots of purrs and best wishes,
Polonca and Soncek