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[MrSparkle001]

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Twinkie, one of my cats, after I brought her home from amputation surgery. She was diagnosed with bone cancer and not having the surgery would have meant her death. I scheduled it for a Friday so I could bring her home and have the weekend to stay with her, which I did. Vet was surprised too; usually people leave their pets there to recover from such serious surgery. Nobody would be there at night though on the weekend, and I wanted to be with her to take care of her (we have a bond). I set her up on my bed with some towels and extra sheets and stayed with her the entire weekend.

By Tuesday she was up and down the stairs [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] That's crazy! But after the medication wore off on Saturday (about 24 hours or so after the surgery) she tried to stand up and I guess got freaked by the lack of leg and started jumping around like a jumping bean, even off the bed.

I can happily report she's happier now than ever, and has not slowed one bit. No more pain from that leg. She used to not like to put much weight on it and I never paid much attention to it, but now I know it must have bothered her immensely. I just thought it was one of her "things".

If you want to know what prompted me to take her to the vet, one morning she tried jumping on my lap but her claws dug in and I squirmed just enough that she fell off. She limped, and I thought maybe she sprained her leg. No big deal, it will go away. Next day, just as bad, and I gently felt her leg and noticed a huge lump in the "elbow" area. Took her to the vet, and the diagnosis was a rare bone cancer tumor that fractured slightly. Son of a bitch huh?

[MrSparkle001]

Ugh I screwed up the spoiler tag and can't edit!

[MrSparkle001]

This is her after the biopsy and a few days before the surgery

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She's the same now, only instead of a large blue bandage there's nothing.

I really need to take a recent picture of her. That was 3 years ago. Same with my other cats. I don't have recent pictures of them, none that are digital anyway.

[Shannacore]

Best story ever, I'm glad to hear she is okay :]

[MrSparkle001]

Originally Posted by Shannacore [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Best story ever, I'm glad to hear she is okay :]

(p.s., it cost me $4000, and the vet was again surprised that it took me no time to come to the "difficult decision" to approve the surgery).

 

(p.p.s., Twinkie's brother Oreo got severely sick last February and cost me another $2000. He had a urinary tract infection so I made an appointment for him for the next day. I gave him a tiny amount of ibuprophen dissolved in water to help him sleep comfortably because the poor thing was obviously in discomfort. BAD IDEA. BAD BAD BAD. By the morning he was bleeding so bad we all swore he was gonna die right there. I put him in the tub and tried to wash him off before taking him and it was like a murder scene and wouldn't stop. Vet said he probably wouldn't survive the night because his kidneys were probably too damaged and his bladder was probably dead.

Well he did survive. I got the call the next morning saying he survived and is doing better, when I resigned myself to him dying and it being my fault. He had to stay there a week but he pulled through with flying colors. I visited him during his stay, and when they brought him out to me he snuggled into my coat. Even right now he's curled up on my bed waiting for me.

Moral of the story: DON'T GIVE YOUR PETS ANY MEDICATIONS not specifically given by the vet, especially ones for humans. Mine was an innocent mistake on my part; I thought I was doing a good thing. Human medications can kill pets. I only gave a tiny amount of a single pill but it was enough to nearly kill him.

JUST BE AWARE. I don't wish that scare on anyone, nor the guilt that comes from it. (I also don't wish the enormous expense, geez!) I still apologize to him now, every night, but I think he understands. He's as happy as ever. Vet understood too. Unfortunately there's more than a few cases of well-wishing owners severely poisoning or killing their pets.

Did I mention I love cats? Animals in general, cats in particular.

Let's hope the spoiler tags work.

[MrSparkle001]

Son of a...do spoiler tags not work here? Damn it.

Oh well, sorry for the tl;dr. You don't have to read it.

[Kimmie]

Originally Posted by MrSparkle001 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I gave him a tiny amount of ibuprophen dissolved in water to help him sleep comfortably because the poor thing was obviously in discomfort.

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[MrSparkle001]

Originally Posted by Kimmie [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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What do you mean by that? I was stupid, I didn't research beforehand what it might do, I just thought a tiny amount of a mild anti-inflammatory might help him feel better until he got to the vet the next day.

It was months ago and I still feel guilty, even though he's just fine now like nothing happened.

[Kimmie]

Originally Posted by MrSparkle001 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I was stupid, I didn't research beforehand what it might do

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=cats+%2B+ibuprofen

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