[Magdalen] Surprise vet visit

[Grace Cangialosi]

Well, Smudge can in my room this morning, having worked the drain completely out--no real surprise! But it was dry, so I just clipped the thread holding it and took a couple of pictures to send to the vet. The drain was to come out tomorrow, and I don't think we'll need to go in today.

> On Dec 14, 2014, at 7:44 PM, Susan Hagen <susanvhagen at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Oh dear!  Sounds like a similar experience with my Sunshine.  Happily,
> he was already at the vet I was not around when the abscess exploded.
> I received a graphic description from the vet tech.  Prayers that the
> wound heals quickly.  I know what you mean about the bills.  Anytime I
> get a little ahead I get hit with either a dental bill for me or a vet
> bill.
> Susan
> 
>> On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 9:01 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> When my cat Smudge climbed on my lap last night, I noticed that there
>> appeared to be a large chunk missing out of his neck just below his ear.
>> It was lightly scabbed over, but clearly the blood beneath hadn't quite
>> clotted yet.  I couldn't imagine what had happened, because he was fine in
>> the morning, but thought maybe he had gotten bitten. Decided I'd better get
>> him in to the vet this morning.
>> This morning the place was totally scabbed over, but I was worried about
>> infection, so I took him to the vet, still very puzzled.  I started
>> thinking maybe it was an abscess of some kind.
>> So we were in the examining room, and just before the vet came in, the
>> thing exploded all over the floor!  It was an abscess, all right, with a
>> lot of necrotic tissue to boot, and the cat was running a fever.  I can't
>> imagine how it just came up like that.  So he had minor surgery involving
>> stitches and a drain, and I took him home an hour later.  Yuck!!  My
>> suspicion is that in one of his numerous rounds of play fighting with his
>> larger buddy, he did get bitten and the bite got infected.
>> 
>> At any rate, it seems that the money the pediatricians used to get now goes
>> to the vets!
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Grace Cangialosi
>> Ruckersville, VA
>> 
>> It's a good thing Mary didn't have to wait for a Doctrine of the
>> Incarnation
>> before she said "Yes" to God.
> 
> 
> 
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