Topic: Bad news in cat town

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My cat Ted sprained his ankle yesterday.   

Didn't know it at the time, I brought him in to get his vaccinations, and have his bloodwork done.  Mentioned that he'd been limping on his hind leg.

Doc x-rayed it, found nothing wrong with the hip - where we assumed the injury was, and sent him home with an opioid pain injection.

Turns out - Ted didn't react well to the injection, and spent the entire night and day rushing about the house totally stoned.  I came home - because of his injection he didn't feel pain and sprained his ankle and spent the entire day running around on it.  I noticed the huge swelling on his ankle, took him back - assuming he broke it, doc x-rayed it and pronounced him fine except for a sprained ankle and bad arthritis.

So now he's stewing at the vets for 2 or so days to keep him immobile.
That cat finds any number of ways to break my heart and ramp up my stress levels.

[Stev-o]

Not to mention drain your wallet?


My wife's cat came home two weeks ago what appeared like missing an eye!    He's a black bad ass cat that is always starting #$%*e with her other cat or our dog, he ain't skeerd.  But looks like he lost a fight and is not talking, the eyelid was shut and skin and hair missing above it.  It looked bad, wife was really worried so she took him to the vet, but they just gave him an antibiotic shot and sent him home.  He laid low for a while but a couple weeks later he's as good as new and starting #$%*e agin. They are tough.