Thankful Thursday
If your human/mommie has a facebook account you may already know that it was not a very happy week so far here at our house. Monday night I took the boys to the VET for their annual shots and to check on Othello’s teeth since it seemed that he had problems again. I was not too worried tho. Sally did not go with us since her shots are due in February.
Back from the VET later Monday night my mood had changed a bit.
Kashim was diagnosed with too less lacrimal fluid and now needs eye treatment, he too has a acrodermatitis which explains why he is scratching the parts above his eyes bloody. All that does not worry me too much. It’s treatable and will he will heal with time. But the VET also told us that he is generally in not so good condition. His skin is very dry. His furs are not as shiny as they used to be and she seemed to be very worried about this all. She asked me over and over again if he might be in any stress, if there were bigger changes recently. Change of food? No. Changes in his environment? No. Nothing that changed lately, that I could think of and we could nail down to put him into a bigger state of stress. Even the fact that Sally is around now is noth bothering him too much. On the contrary both have been getting along better lately. His appetite is as good as ever and he drinks enough water too as far as I can tell.
Well I was sent home with treatments for his eyes and skin and a new brand of kibbles to help improve his skin and fur issues. We will have to see if with time his overall condition will improve. If not we will have to go back for some tests to rule out more serious reasons for his condition.
Othello on the other hand was diagnosed retinal atrophy and has gingivitis again which explains why he keeps running into things and misses things when he tries to jump and why he is not eating well lately ….…
I was told by the VET that retinal atrophy is not treatable and he will go blind sooner or later. He does not seem to be in any state of pain or anything and since he will loose his eyesight over a given period of time he will adjust to it quite fine and I know that in this part I have more problems with this news than he will ever have. His teeth were even not as bad as I had expected. No tooth had to be removed this time so this is good news. He “only” has some bad gingivitis again whichh caused him troubles and pain eating. He now gets an antibiotic treatment for this again and within a week or two this will be fine again.
Of course I am thankful tho that the boys are generally doing not too bad and do not seem to be in any state of much pain. And I am very thankful for our wonderful VET I am sure she will find a way to make everything ok again.
I am thankfull for you all who send kind words on facebook after I came home, it helped a lot. Nothing’s too bad when you have friends around, right?!
Lets hope for the best! :)
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Oh goodness. We’re sorry to hear about the not so good medical stuff. Sending purrs to help you both feel better!
Charlemagne and Tamar
Sending purrs and purrayers from us both for the kitties. Sorry the vet visit was such a downer. I think it hurts us more than the kitties when they are ill.
I’m sorry the boys have some issues. I am sending my best purrs for Kashim and Othello. We have a bit of fatty acids squirted in our foods and it helped Harley’s skin a lot.
We both hope that you two are feeling better! You look ever so handsome in your pictures, as always!
Purrrrrrrrrrrs, China Cat & Willow
Sorry to hear the vet visit was a bit troublesome. My mom’s dog went blind and she did very well with her handicapp. Try a little cod liver oil or other fish oil in the food for Kashim’s skin – it ia also an antiinflammatory and will help all things. Good luck!
Cheryl from FB