Send hugs to my kitty

[kriscat]

My baby is in pain. :( He has what the vet calls not quite a broken bone in his hip. I have a hard time finding the correct word for it in english, but as she said it, there's a crack, that's not quite a fracture. Yet. :( So now my cat is in a lot of pain, because if he gets painkillers he'll be too active and risk making the crack a fracture.  So he's trapped in a small room with nothing for him to jump up on (Also of the bad) and only let out once a day with me walking him on a leach like a dog. He refuses to use a litterbox so it's really like walking a dog...

And basically, it's a waiting game, to see if he gets better, or worse. And honestly if it comes to surgery of his hip, I'll probably have to put him to sleep because of the cost versus the chances of him getting a good quality of life after. :(

So keep your fingers crossed for him. He's only eight years old. :(

Also, today LJ was down from circa all afternoon until 10 PM. This is getting anoying. So I've decided to make a post when LJ's been down for more than an hour or so. I bet I'll post much more often from now on. :/

Comments

[wikdsushi.livejournal.com]

***hugs and gentle snorgles*** Poor baby. :( Can't he take maybe a low-dose painkiller along with a mild sedative to keep him out of pain but inactive?

Will keep fingers cross and send kitty mojo.

[kriscat.livejournal.com]

Thank you. According to the vet, it's better not to. :( And so far it's working out. The trouble will really start if he think he's better before he really is. This morning, he let me know very clearly that the leash thing was starting to piss him off.

[meret.livejournal.com]

I have a hard time finding the correct word for it in english

Hairline fracture, because it's only a big as a hair. Poor baby! I hope he feels better soon. *hugs*

[kriscat.livejournal.com]

Thank you! He is a bit better, so the main thing is making sure he doesn't put to much strain on it and make it worse.

[reddwarf75.livejournal.com]

Poor tkitty! What happend to him? Was he in an accident? :(
Marie

[kriscat.livejournal.com]

We don't know! He has a kitty door and goes in and out as he pleases. So we have no idea what he did. But no wounds or 'scruffynes' that he usually shows after a fight with another cat, and if he'd been hit by a car, I think he at least should've had some other signs of it. Like so many things about a cat's life, it's a complete mystery!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Oh the poor thing! And poor you! I've done that sort of thing to myself, but I am a human being, so the whole situation was much more comprehensible. Nothing worse than a wounded cat who does not understand why you are 'torturing' him.

[kriscat.livejournal.com]

Exactly! He's getting really annoyed at me for not letting him jump up on things. And I have a lovely scar on my arm for trying to pick him up too soon on our walk this morning. He's never ever done something like that before. :(