so we went to the vet yesterday.
225 dollars later we seem to think that he has a "lesion". there's quite a bit of swelling and pain. on the xray it looks like part of the bone in what would be his ankle has seperated from the bigger bone.
poor koko.
the dr we saw put him in a splint(which did not stay on by the way) and gave him a pain shot and said he wanted to run the xrays by the surgeon and call me in the morning.
i am too keep koko in strict confinement. in a cage at all times and i have to carry him to and from the potty - for 3 weeks.
the vet called back this morning and said the the surgeon is concerned about "bone cancer" b/c the injured area is not a typical weight bearing part of his leg. the surgeon thought it made sense to cinsider cancer b/c of the area and the fact that the cancer would just eat away at the bone, causing it to pull away like it did.
i opted to go the "strict cage rest and pain meds route". just b/c at this point i can pay for medicine, but not more tests.
he seems better this morning after being off it pretty much for the last 24 hours. he was actually standing on it this moring. i had to take him out of the cat box after he went potty b/c he was so happy to be scooting the litter around that he just couldn't seem to stop!
so the rest of the babies are going to get their check ups tomorrow. and if koko doesn't heal well (which he should, unless it's something worse) then i will worry that it is something worse.
wish us luck. it's going to be a long 3 weeks for poor koko. he's such an active boy. he's going to be unhappy.
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Oh no! Poor kitty! So how exactly do you know when to take him to the potty. Does he start to whine like a dog? I never considered that before. I hope Koko gets well soon and it is NOT cancer.
i'm figuring that out still VP!
he goes first thing in the morning when i take him to the box. and last thing at night. and i usually take him twice in the afternoon but he just sits and stares at me.
he has howeled the one time he just had to go and started scratching at the cage floor. i usually have to put him back in the box a few times to help him get the idea.
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