Kitten Watch 2016, part 2

As of 7:30 p.m. CDT Callie has had no kittens.  I wonder now what on Earth it was that came out of her body, whether she'd had some digestive problems or if she hadn't gotten around to cleaning herself.  Either way Callie has not given birth.  However, I am still positive that she is pregnant.  Cat bellies don't get big and hard like hers unless something is seriously wrong, and apart from a few stray fleas Callie appears to be in excellent health.

Sick animals seem to have been the norm with us here lately.  Three weeks ago we had to have Lucy to the vet.

You can probably see the growth on her hip.  Lucy had been away for awhile visiting a family member, and when she came back, she came back with that damn thing on.  Pardon the language.  The vet took one look at it and said "Yep, that's cancer.  It has to come off."  Due to the size of the tumor I thought "That's it, it's in her bone and she's done for."  But that wasn't the way it turned out.  It was all soft tissue, and Lucy was home the day after surgery.

The incision looks bad in that picture, but it really wasn't.  My camera's flash messed up.  Anyway, Lucy didn't bother her stitches once.  No chewing, no licking, she was good as gold.  Her stitches are out now, and we know where her road will lead.  The diagnosis was bad; it turned out to be some sort of cancer that can be very aggressive.  The prognosis, however, is great.  The cancer she had removed tends not to spread, and the vet thinks he got it all.  He told us to watch for regrowth and bring her back if anything comes up.

Unfortunately that's not the end of our little sickies.  We've had Annabelle, one of our cats, at the vet too.  Annabelle suddenly fell ill at the end of July.  She wouldn't eat, wouldn't wash herself, wouldn't come out for head rubs, nothing.  When she finally did come out of hiding, I was horrified to see every bone in my little girl's body!  We rushed her to the vet who ended up keeping her.  Long story short, Annabelle has kidney failure.  She's not going to die, thank God, but she'll have to be on special food for the rest of her life, and she may have occasional crises that the vet will have to deal with.  I was warned that one day I may have to give her fluids on a daily basis, but right now that aspect of Annabelle's life is good to go.  Now we're waiting for her to fight off a sinus infection (she's seen the vet for that too, no worries).  So we could do with some prayers for our little sickies.  I'll keep y'all posted!

Best wishes,

RagingMoon1987