I imagine she will feel a lot better in a few days Diane. You would never have known this was bothering her. She plays and runs and is always purring. The tech said it's not unusual. Often you don't know a cat is ill or hurts until he vomits or has diarrhea or some obvious symptom. At least I don't have to worry about her being spayed this Wednesday because it isn't going to happen. This will give me an opportunity to get her on some of that Lysine stuff too. It can wait another month. She's been through enough for a while.
Lynne ----- Original Message ----- From: Diane Rosenfeldt To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 8:42 PM Subject: RE: my poor snowy Oh, the poor sweetie! But she'll feel better now without that nasty ingrow. Here 's wishing both of you a noneventful spay, when the time is right, and sensitive vets and techs. Diane R. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lynne Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 7:32 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: my poor snowy Well I won't be taking Snowy in for spaying this coming week. I went to clip her nails tonight and noticed that there was a big lump on her right paw. When I touched it she meowed so I got her into the emergency vet. They told me I did nothing wrong that this had happened to her over a very long period of time. Her nail had grown into her skin, along with hair and they had to put her under and remove it. It had grown far into her pad and couldn't be removed easily. I don't get this. She had seen 2 vets prior to our getting her and no one noticed this. Now the poor little thing has to be on antibiotics (Clindamycin) and wear one of those horrible hood things so she won't lick her paw. She had a piece taken out of it and cauterized. I am so sorry for what this poor little dear has been through in her short life. I just hope all this trauma doesn't cause her herpes virus to resurface. The first thing the vet did when we got her there was to squirt eye wash into her eyes and she got all upset. I kind of yelled at him for doing that and asked why. He said she looks like she has allergies and I said "she's a persian their eyes tear". Fortunately there was a very knowledgeable technician present who seemed to know a lot more than this guy did. Lynne
