Elizabeth, Prayers going out for Antonio's big 'ol butt...lol.
:) Wendy --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Poor little big Antonio. > > Took him back today for his checkup - he looks like > he's been hit in the > butt by a missile. Those glands are just so > inflamed and his backside looks > awful. So red and irritated...draining -- we never > missed a single dose of > antibiotics but he looks so much worse than when I > took him in last week > (although he seems to be feeling much better). > > The vet didn't dare try to even express his glands > or take his temp -- > apparently Antonio has been scooting around in his > spare time and that hasn't > helped. He gave Antonio a long-acting steroid shot > and since we finished a week > on Clavamox we're starting a week of Cefa-drops. > > I asked the vet what I could do to make him more > comfortable...told him I > wanted to keep him clean but I don't want to > irritate his already sensitive > backside. He said to just apply a cold compress > from time to time. > > We may have to have surgery. They won't evaluate, > however, until the > inflammation calms down. > > Antonio is such a big boy. He's too big for any > known cat carrier...and > even though I bought him a dog carrier good for > 35lbs - the handle broke off the > first time I put him in and picked it up. I just > sling him over my shoulder > and go. So funny at the vet's today...typical > comments from other patients > are -- "OMG! That's the biggest cat I've ever > SEEN!" yeah...he's a big > baby....he's bigger than some people's children. > He's my baby though and I'm > doing everything I can to take care of him. > > Please say a prayer for my big boy, > elizabeth > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index
