Yesterday Punk went to the Brentwood Animal Hospital to have a lump on his back removed and his teeth cleaned. He wasn't allowed any food after 10pm Monday night. To be fair, we picked up all the cat food so Punk wasn't the only one feeling hungry. By Tuesday morning all three of them were sharking around the food bowls and Leo took up post on top of the bucket o' cat chow -- look at the expression on his face in that photo!
Punk had his usual unpleasant ride to the Vet Tuesday morning (he DOES NOT travel well). Even though he was upset, he was very well behaved while I checked him in and talked to the doctor. I felt terrible leaving him there. I got a call a few hours later to tell me that Punk was recovering and doing fine. While they were cleaning his teeth, they noticed one was broken and extracted it.
Michael picked Punk up that night and said everyone commented on what a good boy he was. He had shaved patches on his back, forearm and inside left chop, his eyes were completely dialated and he was pretty whacked out. The after effects of his anesthesia and other drugs lasted through until this morning -- it was a long, restless, sleepless, freaky night for Mr. Punk and me.
By this afternoon he FINALLY started to rest and I was able to take a couple pictures. (Sorry about the close-up of the incision -- Erica always wants to see the details.) Punk is fine now and he's catching up on some well deserved sleep. I crashed this afternoon and took a good, long nap. All is well and slowly returning to normal around here... well, except for Leo. He's having a hard time controlling his urge to wrestle with his brother. Though to be fair, he's being remarkably patient for only having a tiny, LeoKitty brain.
4 comments:
Glad Punk is doing well and is over that trauma. The expression on Leo's face sitting on that food bin is priceless. You are very good mama and daddy cats and Im very proud of you....
Was that a cancerous growth on his back? That must have been quite a day for him and all the family too.
Good to have everything back to norman isn't it?
Karen, I KNEW you would "get" the picture of Petulant, Hungry Leo! The way we worry about our pets, it's better that we don't have kids -- we'd probably never sleep. Gram, the thing on his back was benign but it was getting bigger and nastier looking and had to go.
It looked like an alien was trying to sprout out of his back
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