Another Update on Festus

Mama took Fessy back to the v-e-t today. She had to drop him off after lunch & pick him up around 4:00. This time they just cut a hole in his ear, but didn't put stitches around like last time. The v-e-t told Mama to make sure she squeezes his ear 4 or 5 times a day. She doesn't know why he didn't put a drain in, probably because he's a country v-e-t & maybe he just doesn't do that. He doesn't recommend using a hot compress. We're just hoping it heals up this time. It's hard on Fes & it's hard on Mama. Her eyes leak something terrible when she has to squeeze on his ear, she hates hurting him like that but that's all she can do right now.
Thanks for all your purrs.

3rd time's the charm???

Mama has to take Festus back to the v-e-t yet again. His ear filled back up worse than it was....hopefully it will get taken care of & never come back!

Update on Festus

Fes saw the v-e-t today & he sang to Mama both ways! Oh Funny Farmers, we only wish we could raise money that way, we'd be rich!! The v-e-t stuck a needle in Fessy's hear in 3 different places to drain it (ouchie!!). He said for Mama to keep an eye on it (that's weird) & to let him know if it fills up again. Mama said that Festus was the best boy & never made a sound while all that was going on. He laid still, well Mama & another lady was holding on to him, but he was really good. Too bad that didn't happen on the way home, hee, hee.
When they got home, Mama opened a can of stinky goodness for all of us to share! Only thing is, we just licked the gravy off & Festus is trying to cover the rest up. Oh well, the gravy was good!!
Thanks for all the purrs, maybe we can keep em up so that his ear finally heals. Thanks everybuddy, we love you!!!

Not again......

Mama has to take Festus back to the v-e-t. His ear quit draining so she stopped squeezing it, but now it's all puffed up behind the stitches....so, back to the v-e-t. Fun, fun,fun....NOT!!!
So, we'll make Mama update sometime after the v-e-t visit. Festus will probably sing to her again on the way, we think he sings Opera. She says, thank goodness it's only 7 miles to the clinic!

We're going yellow for LiveStrong Day

Thankful Thursday

We are thankful that Festus is home & on the mend. He still has a lot of pain, especially when Mama has to squeeze his ear to help it drain. He's still hiding behind the big chair quite a bit but he comes out to love with Mama once in awhile. We'll just be glad when he's all better.

Festus is home, YAY!!!

Fessy is home, but still feeling a little puny. He wouldn't even eat treats when he got home! Right now he is hiding behind the big chair, but at least he's home.

Thank you all for the purrs & information.

PURRS NEEDED!!

UPDATE:

Teri & the cats from Furrydance is right, it's a hematoma. Both ears are infected & the v-e-t wants to keep Festus overnight. Mama didn't even ask how much it was gonna cost, she was so sad he had to stay.



Please send out some purrs for Festus. Mama was loving on him & found that his left ear is all swollen & puffed up. She said it feels hot to touch & so tight it could explode! She's gonna try to get him in to the v-e-t tomorrow before she has to go to work. Please purr that it's nothin serious....

We Will Never Forget!

Mo Cats Day

We agree with Derby!!

Happy 6th Gotcha Day Festus!!

Can't believe it's been 6 years since I brought my little fluff ball home! He's still a fluff ball, just a lot bigger now :-).

Mama loves you, Fessy, you'll always be my baby!

We have a sad....

We just posted about Fat Eric, then we found out that our furiend Luxie went to the Bridge too. Our hearts & purrayers go out to their families. We have a very big sad....

In Loving Memory of Sprout

Mama forgot!!

OMC!! Can you believe that Mama forgot our 2nd Blogoversary?!? It's bad enough that she hardly lets us blog anymore, but this is almost unforgivable! The only reason it's not totally unforgivable is that she got us presents yesterday.
She got us some new food dishes & we really like them. Sammy has a bad habit of fishing the food out of the bowl with his paw, then eating what doesn't fall in the floor. Mama got tired of sweeping up catfood & throwing it out the door, so she thought these might work out better. These dishes sit in a stand that is about 7 1/2 inches tall. Now we can sit up & eat our foods instead of almost laying down. Mama is quite pleased to see no food on the floor around the dishes.
She also got us a Furminator! She's wanted to get us one for a long time but thought they were just too many green papers. But she saw one on Amazon.com for $8.50 + $4.99 for shipping! What was even better, she had a little over $7 left on an Amazon gift card she forgot about, so it only cost about $6.....what a bargain!! We also got some more treats & we do love our treats! So that's why we gotta forgive her for her forgetting our blogoversary.
Mama's leg is lots better. It's still draining a little & she promised 2 beans that if it's still draining after she finishes her Aunty-biotics, that she will go back to her v-e-t & have it checked again. She says she's had lots of kitty bites over the years but never one like this. It hurt so bad she could hardly walk for a few days. One good thing came of it though, she's a lot more careful about where she puts her big ole feets! She looks pretty funny when she gets up to use her litterbox in the dark & she's scooting her feet all the way there & back.

Easy weekend

This is why we're having an especially easy weekend:

Mama accidentally stepped on Emma early Wednesday moring & Emma bit Mama's leg. This is what it looked like Friday morning so Mama decided to go to the bean v-e-t place to get it checked. She has a furry bad infection & has to take Aunty-biotics & she had to get a tetanus shot. She has to stay off her feet as much as possible & keep her leg elevated, so we are taking turns purring on her.

Lots of other beans think Mama should be mad at Emmy, but she knows Emmy didn't mean to hurt her. In fact, after it happened, Mama was crying & telling Emma she was sorry that she hurt her! Some beans just don't understand. Besides, we know it was Mama's fault, she needs to watch where she's putting those big feet of hers.