Cat love | Sad to happy here

Written by Susan Lane SLCM Keeper of ColourMine

The Orange Cat and Nigel, The Veterinary

A quick backstory: the cat was not well, and the vet suspected possible leukaemia. Red blood cell count PCV of 7 (possible heaven); that’s the blood test for counting the red cells to you and me. I took him home for what could have been his last days (more details to follow in the Orange Cat stories), and so the story continues.

Our Cat and Vet Nigel

The Medivet veterinary in Gravesend, Kent
Has been absolutely fabulous
To my orange cat and me
We’ve recently been going there, every week
My boy has had lots of blood tests
Keeping a check on his PCV

At the beginning of July it was really low and
Now weeks later, amazingly
The count has risen; who wouldn’t be pleased
But I digress
Not surprisingly, Nigel seems to be
Really chuffed that he could be a monumental help
In keeping my cat with me

Although, to be honest it was really doubtful you see

Because several weeks ago,
When I looked at my poor cat and thought it could be
The end for my poor orange pussy
But I decided on a last chance just to see
If he really wanted to stay and live with me
So, he was put on steroid tablets that have improved him
I’m so pleased to see

He was also given appetite enhancers
Because he wouldn’t eat
And dropped so much weight
He was an awful sight to see
Like a little old cat man of 20 
But he's actually not even 3

Well, from July to much recently

My orange boy has gained weight
So, it’s quite a struggle for me
To carry him from the car into the surgery
He’s rallied like Bjorn Borg in the 80s
Playing tennis at Wimbledon like you wouldn’t believe
Fighting with everything that he could be

Every day another match, another battle of will
Where he could prove that he would be
One of the most superior iconic players
In the Wimbledon history

Always with the end

That only he could see that beautiful, fabulous trophy
That was most definitely a wonderful sight to see
And he gave so much joy to you and me
Well, now my orange cat is doing a Bjorn Borg on me
He’s treating each day like a battle
Winning every one diligently
Fighting to be with the others and me

Unfortunately, there were a couple of downsides
To the medications given to me
The chronic diarrhoea was a real challenge
For my boy and me
It was like turning the tap on, and extremely stinky
I’m not sure if Nigel believed me
But he gave my cat some jollop that he had to eat,

That wasn’t successful

It didn’t have the desired effect
He certainly didn’t like that so next it was powders. 
Sprinkled by me onto his wet food
Half a pouch, yuk, hehe
He wasn’t having that oh, no siree
So, I had to be devious
Just give a tiny sprinkling then gradually increase it
During the week, a flippin’ facepalm moment
For me

It went from dirty water to a yoghurt consistency
It wasn’t brilliant but it was reasonable
And more comfortable for my poor orange compadre
Another veterinary visit and my boy’s PCV uplifted to 31
How fabulously brilliant for me and because his weight
Had gone up quite reasonably
No more appetite enhancers – that was good news for me
Because it had gotten like fighting a wild cat hehe

And my boy, I hear you say

Well, his toilet is back to normal
Thankfully
But he wasn’t finished with Nigel and me
He had developed red eyes, the back of which 
Couldn’t be seen

It threw off his balance

So, floor-bound was he
Nigel thought the culprit could be the steroid tablet 
So that was reduced significantly.
A couple of weeks later and slowly my boy was getting better
And the veterinary, you wonder? 
Well, I’m as chuffed as he
Nigel 
Who we are visiting weekly, 
I know he doesn’t see the daily changes of my cat with me

The way he’s gone from laying down to
Jumping up all over wherever he wants to be
He is most definitely improving daily
Almost 
Like a monkey going through the trees
Shhhh

You know it’s time for

A couple of glasses of Asti, yippee!
One to celebrate my lad and his recovery and 
Not to be selfish, I’ll also have one for Nigel
Our long suffering vet - cheers, everyone.
Hehe

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