Re: Percy

That is just heartbreaking Theresa.  How sad.
  

Theresa W <tchessie1@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
  Poor thing. I'm sure he'll be ok in the end. You have a good heart to 
do everything you have for him. I guess I have an extra tender heart 
today, as I just learned that a childhood friend lost her first baby- 
full term, stillborn for who knows what reason. Just breaks my heart. 
Take good care of all the creatures (2 and 4 legged) that you love- you 
just never know how good you have it or how long it will last.

Theresa

Zemuly Sanders wrote:
> I picked him up from the vet this afternoon. She suggested I try to 
> slowly reintroduce him to the colony since he is now "different." You 
> should have seen the look on his face with his blue Elizabethan collar 
> in place. I must say I was thoroughly cursed by him. At any rate I 
> have put him in Otis's huge (and now unused) crate with his own food, 
> water and litter box. He is in the middle of all the other cats, but 
> nobody can bother him until he is a little more sure of himself. I'll 
> probably keep him corralled until his stitches and collar come off in 
> two weeks. I'm going to give him his antibiotic and pain medicine now.
> zem
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jesse Bell" 
> To: 
> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 9:25 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Percy
> 
> 
>> Ohhhhh...I'm so sorry to hear that Zem. My vet has a three-legged cat 
>> named "Tripod" and I have a friend who also had to do that to their 
>> cat. It was an outside cat and it was on the roof and tried to jump 
>> from the gutter of the house to a tree and got it's leg caught in the 
>> space between the roof and gutter (gutter was in need of repair I 
>> would say) and was hanging upside down with a broken leg. Poor 
>> baby. But after the amputation, they both get around just fine. 
>> Tripod is an awesome cat.
>>
>>
>> Zemuly Sanders wrote:
>> Thanks, you all. I'm sure he'll do fine. His best friend is Fleur, 
>> and she
>> has never missed have four operable legs. He'll be relieved, I'm sure, to
>> no longer lugging around that heavy cast.
>> zem
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam Evans"
>> To:
>> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 6:31 PM
>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Percy
>>
>>
>>> I've read some remarkable stories about how well they can adapt to a
>>> missing
>>> limb, but I do hate it for him and for you. Thank goodness he is an
>>> indoor
>>> baby. Poor lil' ol Percy! And poor Zem's bank account!
>>>
>>> On 9/13/07, Kitty wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Oh, I am so sorry for the little guy and you. I suppose it will take
>>>> some
>>>> time getting used to losing the leg, but he'll adapt, but what a shame.
>>>>
>>>> Kitty
>>>> neIN, Zone 5
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Zemuly Sanders"
>>>> To: "gardenchat"
>>>> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 5:59 PM
>>>> Subject: [CHAT] Percy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> >I took Percy to have his leg checked today. The vet called and said 
>>>> the
>>>> >leg
>>>> > was not healing properly at the point where the skin had been
>>>> broken. He
>>>> > suggested amputation was the best route to follow in this case, so 
>>>> > that
>>>> is
>>>> > what was done. I had to also consider the cost factor, and amputation
>>>> at
>>>> > $800
>>>> > was less than half the cost of having the ankle "pinned" and 
>>>> frozen in
>>>> > place.
>>>> > In addition pinning was not going to be guaranteed because of the 
>>>> > large
>>>> > open
>>>> > wound. At any rate, Percy will be fine since he never goes outside
>>>> > anyway.
>>>> > I'm sorry he has been through such an ordeal, and I'm sorry it's
>>>> > costing
>>>> > me so
>>>> > much! We will both adapt, I'm sure. I will pick him up tomorrow
>>>> > afternoon.
>>>> > zem
>>>> >
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>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Pam Evans
>>> Kemp TX
>>> zone 8A
>>>
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>> Jesse R. Bell
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>> "All that we are is a result of what we have thought." - Buddha
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