Panther update--goodbye Splint!

O Kaloo Kalay, O Frabjous Day! Mr. Splinty has gone away!

The soft bandage has not, and we have one more bandage chage to go next
week, as Dr. McKenzie doesn't want to just remove all support until Pan has
had a chance to build some muscle tone back in his leg. But the x-ray
showed that the fracture has knit together solidly enough so that Pan will
be able to gradually resume normal function, now. His poor little leg is
thin and atrophied, so it's good he still has some support for his bones and
joints right now. But Dr. McKenzie says they just love Pan, because he's
such a good, cooperative patient. As long as Pan is firmly held by a
technician, he'll just lie still and growl while his bandages are changed.
But he doesn't try to scratch or bite. Dr. McKenzie said he'd had a cat in
the previous day who had to be sedated before they could do ANYTHING for it.

On 2005-01-11, Melissa Houle penned:
O Kaloo Kalay, O Frabjous Day! Mr. Splinty has gone away!

Wonderful news! So very glad to hear this!

--
monique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!*

Karen wrote in message
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YeaHHHHHH! Happy Dance

That's more activity than Pan is demonstrating, right now. =o) He's in the
closet for his Post Vet Sulk. He does that every week though, so as soon as
he gets hungry, he'll cheer up and come out to be a nice kitty, again. But
it's a great relief, to me. I was all prepared for "Sorry, his little leg
is just not healing right. I think we may have to do surgery on him..."

Melissa

Melissa Houle wrote:

O Kaloo Kalay, O Frabjous Day! Mr. Splinty has gone away!

The soft bandage has not, and we have one more bandage chage to go next
week, as Dr. McKenzie doesn't want to just remove all support until Pan has
had a chance to build some muscle tone back in his leg. But the x-ray
showed that the fracture has knit together solidly enough so that Pan will
be able to gradually resume normal function, now.
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Oh what great news! Purrs from all of us here for continued
improvement.

Regards and Purrs,
O J

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 20:29:27 GMT, "Melissa Houle"
wrote:

O Kaloo Kalay, O Frabjous Day! Mr. Splinty has gone away!

The soft bandage has not, and we have one more bandage chage to go next
week, as Dr. McKenzie doesn't want to just remove all support until Pan has
had a chance to build some muscle tone back in his leg. But the x-ray
showed that the fracture has knit together solidly enough so that Pan will
be able to gradually resume normal function, now. His poor little leg is
thin and atrophied, so it's good he still has some support for his bones and
joints right now. But Dr. McKenzie says they just love Pan, because he's
such a good, cooperative patient. As long as Pan is firmly held by a
technician, he'll just lie still and growl while his bandages are changed.
But he doesn't try to scratch or bite. Dr. McKenzie said he'd had a cat in
the previous day who had to be sedated before they could do ANYTHING for it.


That's great :-) And, oh, yeah, vets *adore* cooperative patients
(both the furry and human kinds -- lol). I went in one time with
Cosmo, and it apparently had been a bad day for the vet -- not *one*
cooperative kitty Now, Cosmo is sometimes cranky, but he did his best
good kitty impression that day, so the vets at least got to see one
well-behaved kitty at the end of the day.

Ginger-lyn

Melissa Houle wrote:
O Kaloo Kalay, O Frabjous Day! Mr. Splinty has gone away!

I'm so happy to hear Panther is on the mend. :-)
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera)
A house is not a home, without a cat.

Adrian wrote in message
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Melissa Houle wrote:
O Kaloo Kalay, O Frabjous Day! Mr. Splinty has gone away!

I'm so happy to hear Panther is on the mend. :-)
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera)
A house is not a home, without a cat.

Thanks all! =o) His Highness is being a bit of a grouch, today. He had to
go in to his regular vet today, as opposed to his broken leg vet, to give a
blood sample to make sure he's getting the right dosage of his daily meds.
This being only two days after being x-rayed and RE-re-re-re-re-bandaged for
the nth time on Tuesday, he was in NO mood to return to TED's office--ANY
TED's office. He complained loudly all the way home. Ah, the care of a
geriatric pussycat can be a complex matter. =o) I'll tell you honestly, I'll
be very glad not to have to make weekly trips to the vet when this is all
over. As happy as Pan will be to be rid of all the bandages.

Melissa