It’s hard to believe that Pete and I adopted Max nine years ago. He’s my best-est pal, so I was very concerned when he started losing weight rather quickly a couple of months ago. He had all but lost his appetite, and was very lethargic and quiet – very un-like his normal self. We took him to the vet and ran a blood test, and they also checked his teeth. It turned out that he had an abscessed tooth and needed his teeth cleaned pretty badly. So we made an appointment for a cleaning and for the tooth to be removed. A few days later we heard back from the vet about the blood tests, and thankfully everything is fine. No kidney or liver problems for my Beastie, hooray! A few more days and it was time for the surgery, which went fine except that he wound up losing four teeth instead of just one. It’s been just over two weeks since the surgery and he is doing so much better. He’s talkative and energetic, and as of yesterday is allowed to eat whatever he wants again. Some people would say he is just a cat, but I couldn’t disagree more. Max has more personality than a lot of people I know, and I love spending my days with him. He is worth every penny that it took to make him better, and now my Max is back to his old self again and I couldn’t be happier.
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September 2nd, 2009 at 9:15 am
Just wanted to tell you how relieved I am to hear that Max-amillion is okay, and it was just a tooth issue. We, to, get the ‘they are just cats’ or, with Bobby, ‘He is just a crow’, but as you well know, for those of us who eschewed having the human children, these are our kids, folks!!
The relief that he is okay – I cannot tell you. Great picture of him – whether it was before or after the tooth extraction, he is looking a bit like, “Where’s my toofs???” You need to get him little kitty dentures lol.
We are still waiting on Vinnie’s blood tests, but the fact that they said Monday and they have not called is a good sign – first blood test results that had problems, and they were on the horn with us ASAP, and we got him back in that day. So, in this case, the silence is a good sign.
It is hard to believe when you do the math, that they are now middle aged. Time goes WAY to fast when it comes to the kids…..
Great News!
Love,
Kel
September 6th, 2009 at 9:31 am
Yes, Max is doing so much better and even looks like he’s gained a little bit of the weight back. The photos of Max are all from before the surgery; luckily the teeth that were pulled were in the back, so you can’t see what’s missing. He doesn’t seem to be having trouble eating, and he’s even had a few bites of dry food in the past couple of days. Well, I hope you hear from the vet soon about Vinnie. Waiting is the hardest part; just try not to worry too much until you know what’s going on with him. I’m thinking good thoughts for a clean bill of health, keep me posted!