Friday so far

[mynewplace]

Awww.   Look how onery they are. 

I've never had cats recover quite this slowly from a spay before.  Mitzi got up about 5:30 and climbed up on me for love. About half an hour's worth, until I had to move and put her down. She was going to jump down, but I wouldn't let her. She still won't let me see her incision, but I heard her pick at it with her teeth and told her No. I think it might have hurt when she did that because she didn't do it again.  Suzi was barely awake when I found her, so I loved her head and got in the shower. 

They're both still walking hunched up, and Suzi has to gauge the distance before she jumps up on the toilet seat. My bed is not much higher, but she couldn't manage that, and I had to pick her up. She won't let me see her incision either. She was ready to jump down by herself when she spotted a woodpecker on the deck, but again, I helped her down. 

Neither of them are eating, although I've seen them drink and use the box. Mitzi actually looked for the olive oil this morning, then refused it.  She NEVER refuses it.  So I started to worry. 

They both laid curled up the rest of the morrning. I wasn't going to give them any more pain meds, because I hoped they'd stay awake and eat this morning.  But when I checked Mitzi, her tummy was hot, so I gave her a dose. I also gave Suzi a dose, and she didn't even fight me. 

Like I said. NEVER seen cats take this long to recover before. 

When do I start to worry?

EDIT:  Oops forgot. From fortysomething

My answers to The Friday Four:
1. I love Livejournal because I love getting feedback on my thoughts. Never could get that with a paper journal.
2. I like to put cheeeeeeeeeeeeese on my crackers.
3. The best thing that happened to me this week was ADDERALL!
4. This weekend I'm going to take my kid to mawmaws, have lunch with a bunch of LJ friends, have dinner with my lover and his best friend and his best friends wife (for the first time! go team me!) and hopefully clean house.

In other news, my friend Spike played a song for Scarlett this morning.  Adderall is dabomb diggity BUT yeah. I'm seeing some reluctance to drop off to dream land at night. And my teeth hurt. I think I'm gritting them in my sleep. NOT good. Damned splint. Better try it again.  

I'm planning an AWESOME weekend - lunch with some crazy girls (sans Courtney, much to my disappointment) at Rio for Cinco de Mayo.  Margaritas!  WHOO HOO!!!  Then dinner with Brent's best friend and his wife - meeting them for the first time evah!!!  GO TEAM ME!!  

I hope I get to clean house a bit, maybe Saturday after lunch, before dinner. AFTER I go to Brents and crash from the margarita buzz. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz  No wait.  If I were to ask anyone who's ever slept with me, they'd say it's not quite like that. It's more like ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZKDAS;LF2)*()%........................................  ^&*zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz................  (breathe dammit!)ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Um. Yeah.

Comments

[skyearthandsea.livejournal.com]

Stevie was spayed on Monday and she didn't get back to her old self until yesterday. Mostly she just slept, guarded herself and hid. That's why I started giving her the pain meds.

If you aren't sure, give the vet a call. They are really good about answering questions over the phone. Stevie is the first cat I ever had to have spayed so I have nothing else to compare it too. All the others have been boys or already fixed when I got them.

I just try and compare it to that kind of surgery in a person. If I had my uterus ripped out, I wouldn't bounce right back either. Oh, and Stevie still won't let me look at her incision.

I would call the vet though, just to set my mind at ease. :)

[sapphirescarlet.livejournal.com]

Well, if it took your cat that long, then I'll wait a bit. I've had four others spayed, but two were very small. I understand that's not a major surgery for them because it can be done laparoscopy. The other two, well who knows. I'll just wait and see how they are this evening.

[skyearthandsea.livejournal.com]

If for any reason, you need a vet after hours, call the er vet in Spring Hill. Dr. Armentrout is the president of the board there. :)

I finally got Stevie rolled over to look at her incision and WHOOPS no more stitches. She's pulled them out LOL.

[sapphirescarlet.livejournal.com]

Damn! Are you going to call them, or is it sealed enough you think?

[skyearthandsea.livejournal.com]

It looks great actually. I'll take her in if it breaks open, but I don't think it will. I'm still going to take her back to have them look at her on Tuesday, since Daizey has to get her second pain shot anyway.

[reallyamermaid.livejournal.com]

Can't speak from experience with spaying cats. But if I had a hysterectomy and then my forehead felt hot, I'd call the doc. Just to make sure. It'd set your mind at ease, at least. Actually, I realized this evening that I'm not entirely sure of my schedule tomorrow. I know I have an appointment in the morning, but am not sure what time I need to be at work. When's lunch? I won't be checking this, but would you mind leaving me a voice mail at 556-4962? Maybe I could make it depending on what I find out.