Stupid cat.
Well, the cat’s ears are doing much better. Another week of twice-daily antibiotic drops and they should be okay. The ulcer on the eye is clearing up too, although now there’s a complication with that.
The vet says that the cat has the herpes virus, as many cats do, and the stress to her immune system has caused it to flare up. Dendritic uulcers have formed around the point of the original ulcer. Apparently, when the eye is stained, this looks like little fingerlings radiating out. So now we will have to do drops every two hours for the next 48 hours. And the drops will probably cost 50 to 100 bucks. We have to get them at a regular pharmacy.
Because there’s no way we can give her eyedrops every two hours, antibiotic ointment in her eye every six hours, artificial tears every eight hours, and eardrops every 12 hours, she will be boarded again for a couple of days at Christmas. We have passed the $2000 mark on the cat. A cat, I will remind you, which we don’t even like.
Merry freakin’ Christmas, everyone.
ETA: The drops came to $100.49. And they have to be kept refrigerated. Yeah, it’ll be a blast putting fridge-cold eyedrops into a cat’s eye.
Aaaarg. Isn’t it ALWAYS the obnoxious ones who get ill? It’s either the one you love most, sending you into a blind panic, or it’s the obnoxious little bastard of the household. ;}~
Our current little health problem is the evil one around here as well.
Here’s hoping things get resolved quickly!
Aaaarg. Isn’t it ALWAYS the obnoxious ones who get ill? It’s either the one you love most, sending you into a blind panic, or it’s the obnoxious little bastard of the household. ;}~
Our current little health problem is the evil one around here as well.
Here’s hoping things get resolved quickly!
Not to sound like an evil non-animal lover, I can’t help but admire the things you do for a pet you don’t like.
Man, I hope the cat gets well real fast. That medication routine is evil.
Not to sound like an evil non-animal lover, I can’t help but admire the things you do for a pet you don’t like.
Man, I hope the cat gets well real fast. That medication routine is evil.
its bad enough when you have to spend that much on the ones you really love, but the evil cat… eek! my sympathies!
its bad enough when you have to spend that much on the ones you really love, but the evil cat… eek! my sympathies!
Aw, admit it. You like the little snot. If you didn’t, you wouldn’t be taking such care of it/him/her/them/us.
xox
you’re a good mommie
Aw, admit it. You like the little snot. If you didn’t, you wouldn’t be taking such care of it/him/her/them/us.
xox
you’re a good mommie