The past few days have been quite hectic.
On Wednesday we had to take our 10 yr old tabby cat, Cousin Eddie to the vet for a dental. He appeared to have a build up of tartar on his teeth so I dropped him off just after 8 am on the way to my Pilates class.
About 4 pm, Jane, the vet and a very close friend rang me up to say it wasn’t as smooth going as we expected.
Unfortunately he seems to have an undiagnosed auto-immune disorder and it causes the roots of the teeth to dissolve. He had a couple of teeth with holes in them that didn’t get noticed during his yearly examination. It was only under anesthetic they could be found. As a result he had to have both his lower incisors, those big pointy ones, pulled out as well as a molar. Jane was surprised to see there was little root support as the roots had dissolved.
She took blood samples and that was good and x-rays showed a bit of fading like darkness on the film. She referred to the spots as “casts”. So now Jane is getting her head together with a specialist vet and see if anything needs to happen with these “casts” on the x-ray. After I pulled $2000.00 out of my pocket (tongue in cheek) I got to take him home. Thank goodness for pet insurance.
Vets have so much new technology now a days compared to the “olden days” and it costs a lot of money and it is the pet owners who pay for it. Do not think pet insurance isn’t worth it if you don’t have it. I have used it so much over the years.
Cruciate ligaments x 4 or 5 with dogs. Neighbour putting down rat poison and all 5 of our pets were poisoned though cured after weeks of treatment. Snake bite to one of our cats resulted in overnighting in emergency vet office and a week in hospital only to pass away at the end.
Pancreatitis in a dog. The list goes on and on and pet insurance covered so much of it. You just never know what is going to crop up.
We are having to feed Eddie little balls of mince for a week or tuna straight from the can as regular cat food will get stuck in his wounds and stitches. The stitches will dissolve. He can’t have dry food yet either because of the sore molar. So we stand in the kitchen rolling small balls of mince, tuna and chicken pieces, the size of marbles, maybe smaller and he gobbles them down. We laugh that with all there is happening in the world we stand in the kitchen and roll mince balls.
Meanwhile our other cat Grizzy has to eat in a bedroom as he has all the food Eddie can’t have yet. Back to the vet the end of this week for his checkup.
I managed to get to the gym three times last week which really felt good. I also had a lovely coffee with a new friend I’ve made through Fullers book groups. I really enjoy this woman’s company and we met up for a coffee and had the best chat. We have so much in common and she likes cafes and books as much as I do. Another Fullers book shop benefit.
My trainer and I went out too after my session. We were working on balance and both of us ended up in fits of laughter on the floor. Who would think an almost 75 yr old would roll around on the floor laughing.
So all in all it has been a pretty good couple of weeks. This coming week looks to be busy so stay tuned for the next post.
Let me know how your week is looking so far. I really enjoy hearing from everyone and look forward to seeing what you are posting up this week too.
I am posting a book review of an enjoyable French book in a moment so look out for that.
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