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Coloration: Tabby and White
Likes: Warm sun-spots to nap in, a full food dish, stroller rides, sitting with Mom for movies, and any time away from my little brothers.
Pet-Peeves: The vacuum, the vet, an empty food dish, being brushed, medication, having my claws trimmed, and my little brothers.
Favorite Toy: Laser pointer, catnip mouse, cat dancer
Favorite Nap Spot: My blue-green velour Morgan's Bed
Favorite Food: Wellness Healthy Weight
Skills: Sniffed out cancer twice on another cat buddy.
Dwells:
indoors
Arrival Story: I was thrown out of a car when I was 3 months old and taken to the animal shelter by a kind witness. I also lost part of my tail in an unknown incident. I waited at the shelter for a month before "Mom" came looking for a kitten - I did everything I could to get her attention, it worked (actually it wasn't too difficult). After I came home I had to be treated for ear mites and have surgery on my tail because it didn't heal right.
Lives Remaining: 8 of 9
Forums Motto: Bigger is better Catster Local Spots I've Marked: Metro Animal Hospital The Groups I'm In: *Super Strollers*, The Rock 'n' Roll Cats, Welcome Waggin' for Dogsters and Catsters, C. C. Best Friends Group, cats with asthma, Pawsome Pages, The Wisconsin Cats Club, Voki Madness!
Well, Mom took me to the Emergency Veterinary Clinic last night. She noticed my right eye was a little droopy, the pupil was very narrow and constricted, and my third eyelid was showing in my right eye too. My left eye looked normal. Mom was very worried this could be something serious, so she took me in to the ER.
Well, after an exam, the emergency vet couldn't find any reason for what was going on with my eyes. He said sometimes these things are idiopathic (no known cause). He was however, concerned with how my lungs sounded (I have a history of asthma). So Mom let them take an x-ray. It did look like I have some respiratory infection starting so he sent me home on some oral antibiotics and also an eye antibiotic ointment for my eyes. He didn't see any sign of infection in my eyes, that's just a precaution.
Mom spoke with my regular vet this morning and she feels I have something called Horner's Syndrome, with an idiopathic (no known) cause. Here's a link for more information and a picture. Horner's Syndrome Mom will try to post a picture of me on my page too later.
My regular vet said most idiopathic cases of Horner's Syndrome will resolve on their own, but it can take weeks. She said to continue with the antibiotics and follow up next week. I also seem to be prone to respiratory issues, so my Mom and my vet are trying to work on that too...
Well today's my birthday... or at least the best guess for my birthday from the vet as we don't know my exact birthday. I was 4 months old when Mom adopted me from the shelter. Now I'm a teenager, 13 years old today. Mom says she can't wait to see what trouble I cause now that I'm a teenager! Thank you to Pawstuctaway Serengeti and Dennisport (Always Loved) for the four-leaf clover for my birthday and thank you to Mercy for the party hat!
Well, we FINALLY figured out what's been wrong with me! I threw up a GIGANTIC hairball (almost the size of a hotdog) last Wednesday and I've been eating like a horse ever since! I've gained a pound already - I'm up to 12.4 pounds today when Mom took me in to the vet to be weighed today. Mom says it no wonder I wasn't eating much with that thing in my belly - I have room for food in my stomach now! My vet is happy too and was glad it didn't come to doing a barium series or ultrasound (which Mom was considering doing and probably would have found the thing). It's still probably the world's most expensive hairball though with the vet visits and tests they did run on me (probably $400-$500). Too bad I couldn't have just asked for some Laxatone or Petromalt and saved Mom the worry and expense!
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