Saturday, December 31, 2011

Kitten emergency (not the good kind)

Uncle Fester helping D$ with a little plumbing problem we had earlier this week


Uncle Fester is at a kitty hospital right now. 


We're not sure what happened. We think he tried to jump onto the ledge by our stairs*, missed, and ended up throwing himself down a half story onto the wooden steps.** 

That isn't what we thought at first. Last night we came home to a cat that was favoring his hind leg and bleeding a little. It was 1 a.m. He wasn't crying, he came downstairs to greet us and he was moving pretty well so after frantically googling pet hospitals we decided it would be best to clean his leg up and go to the vet in the morning. I thought he'd scraped his leg on something or got his toe caught in the (motherfucking) curtains I'd been hemming all day. 

At noon we found out he'd ruptured the kitty version of his Achilles tendon. 

8 hours and another hospital later*** we were told our options.

If we're lucky the tendon can be sutured and Uncle Fester will spend 6-8 weeks looking adorable in a cast. 

If we're not lucky (and it's looking like we aren't lucky) Uncle Fester will spend the rest of his life looking adorable while missing a hind leg. 

And so, Internet, I beseech you:  may all the adorable powers of all the kitten videos in all of the world please combine to be with Uncle Fester tomorrow. And also with D$, who is completely and utterly wrecked. And, maybe, also with me, who is trying very very hard not to be wrecked. 



*Yes, in our new house. We've moved. I'm not feeling particularly thrilled about it at the moment, for obvious reasons. 
**Jesus, picturing this makes me want to die. But I can't stop picturing it
**Word to the wise: try not to let your animals injure themselves on a holiday week. Our veterinarian was wonderful about calling around but the only surgeon in town couldn't examine Fester until after 7 pm so we just had to leave him at the animal hospital that whole time. 

10 comments:

  1. Sending ALL the good kitten powers of the universe that I can muster your way. xoxoxo

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  2. Kitten powers activate! Hope Uncle Fester gets well soon. (And congrats on moving to the new house!)

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  3. Oh no!! Sending happy healthy kitty thoughts your way. Hoping for many weeks of kitty-cast cuteness!

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  4. First off, PUFFY KITTY HUGS.
    :(

    Second, I'm glad that he wasn't hurt worse. BECAUSE...

    Third, growing up, I had a black kitty that was indoor/outdoor. He came in one morning dragging his back leg - something just nailed him and tore his gastroc-tendon and severed his sciatic nerve. We took him to the vet - obv. not way to repair that - so they amputated. We were told that cats get along smashingly with a hind limb amputation. And he did... lived for about 8 years more in indoor kitty bliss with never a moment's fear. And he was quite clever. SO.

    Anecdote over. I hope that it doesn't come down to THAT. But if it does, then, damn, he's one lucky cat to be with such an awesome family.

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  5. Oh no!!!! Lots of love and hugs and light to your kitty, you and D$. (Also, yay for new house!)

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  6. Oh Jaysus. Between that story and blind irish pirate's story, I want to nuzzle Roxiecat something fierce. (However, she is about 500+ miles away at the moment, so that cannot happen.)

    Here's hoping the best for the wee furry one.

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  7. @BIP: I was waiting for your response, of course, and it made me feel soooo much better. D too. You very nearly got a frantic email from me.
    @everyone:THANK YOU. You are amazing. We are picking Uncle Fester up today...in his cast! All four legs! Photos to come, of course.

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  8. @BIP: I was waiting for your response, of course, and it made me feel soooo much better. D too. You very nearly got a frantic email from me.
    @everyone:THANK YOU. You are amazing. We are picking Uncle Fester up today...in his cast! All four legs! Photos to come, of course.

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  9. yay for adorable cast kitty! i told my hubby about this post yesterday and he actually asked me to come back and check up on uncle fester. we are totally cat people!

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  10. @Shannon: that is fucking adorable. You guys are awesome.

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