Etrigan update, now with pictures!
Here, have some pictures, so you can see what I mean when I say "adorable" and "handsome." Also, he is pretty big:
Those are the best pictures I've been able to get of him so far. Black cats are nearly impossible to get good pictures of.
So! The vet visit.
We had a chest x-ray done, and that looked pretty good overall, but showed some areas of denser lung tissue that is probably still infected. He may have asthma, we won't know until we clear the infection, which is a separate issue. His heart and so on looked and sounded good. The vet said she could hear improvement in his breathing, and that we're clearly on the right track, but we aren't at a diagnosing stuff for sure place yet.
Soooo.
He gets more antibiotics and goes back in two weeks for bloodwork and another poking and prodding. We watch, we wait, we do pretty much what we have been doing. I would say it's frustrating, but "watch and wait" is what I decided I ought to expect, instead of a diagnosis, so I'm not freaking out about it.
Thank you so, so much to everyone who has donated. I was able to cover meds, an x-ray, and a good chunk of another x-ray -- which he will need. So I am setting that money aside specifically to be used for that, so we can make sure to get him taken care of. I would say he is grateful, but he is not grateful. He is very annoyed with the world right now. That's okay. It'll clear like an Etch-a-Sketch once he shakes his head a couple of times. Big dummy.
But we are grateful. SO grateful. Thank you.
I will keep you updated.
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Those are the best pictures I've been able to get of him so far. Black cats are nearly impossible to get good pictures of.
So! The vet visit.
We had a chest x-ray done, and that looked pretty good overall, but showed some areas of denser lung tissue that is probably still infected. He may have asthma, we won't know until we clear the infection, which is a separate issue. His heart and so on looked and sounded good. The vet said she could hear improvement in his breathing, and that we're clearly on the right track, but we aren't at a diagnosing stuff for sure place yet.
Soooo.
He gets more antibiotics and goes back in two weeks for bloodwork and another poking and prodding. We watch, we wait, we do pretty much what we have been doing. I would say it's frustrating, but "watch and wait" is what I decided I ought to expect, instead of a diagnosis, so I'm not freaking out about it.
Thank you so, so much to everyone who has donated. I was able to cover meds, an x-ray, and a good chunk of another x-ray -- which he will need. So I am setting that money aside specifically to be used for that, so we can make sure to get him taken care of. I would say he is grateful, but he is not grateful. He is very annoyed with the world right now. That's okay. It'll clear like an Etch-a-Sketch once he shakes his head a couple of times. Big dummy.
But we are grateful. SO grateful. Thank you.
I will keep you updated.
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