Poor Kitty...

Tuesday morning Jackson let Lola in to feed her. She was fine, i promise. But when i came in after work, she came to me limping. She was hopping actually... she didn't want to put any weight on her hind leg. She didn't really want me to look at it or touch it either, & kept jerking away & meowing. From the first glimpses i was able to get at her foot, i thought she was having another allergic reaction to a bee sting or something (this happened earlier last month) & figured that the swelling would go away in 48 hours like it did before.

Nope... try again. By Wednesday evening, she was laying around, & i had to carry her up & down the stairs. She was pitiful, so i called the vet first thing Thursday morning & they fit her in. Thankfully, she was eating & drinking as normal, so they weren't too concerned. But they had to shave her paw, & "drain" it because she had punctured it on something. What? I have no idea! But she was sent home with 3 days of pain meds (2 times a day in liquid form).... and 10 days of antibiotics (2 times a day in pill form). And she is on "house arrest" for at least 5 days because "feet are tricky" & are hard to get well. So thankfully she has done this alot for the first 3 days thanks to the pain meds.....She would just lay around, looking miserable for the next couple of days.

Her foot looks great here.... It was cleaned up & drained... & this was a couple days later. Those antibiotics worked fast!

But now that she is done with those pain meds & the antibiotics are working, she feels better & is VERY ready to go back outside. She is frisky & chasing things, chewing on things, meowing incessantly (at the door), & stalking. One thing i don't like about cats (& i like most everything about cats) is the stalking. I don't like that anticipation of being pounced at! There is a reason that she is an indoor/outdoor cat... she NEEDS to get her energy out - outdoors! But in the meantime, she is having a blast...