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quietann ([personal profile] quietann) wrote2003-08-15 01:34 pm

Myrtle update

Myrtle is still with us! The sore on her hock, which may be a tumor, is infected, so she gets oral antibiotics and hot compresses, and an opiate painkiller. The vet says she *could* do surgery to debulk the sore, but is reluctant because of Myrtle's age and condition.

[identity profile] browngirl.livejournal.com 2003-08-15 11:15 am (UTC)(link)
Yay!

Go Myrtle! Go kitty cat, go!

[identity profile] deguspice.livejournal.com 2003-08-15 11:42 am (UTC)(link)
The vet just called and say it's a bacterial infection with some other stuff going on.  It's nothing as drastic as a tumor.

YaY

[identity profile] hawkegirl.livejournal.com 2003-08-15 11:52 am (UTC)(link)
That is one trouper of a cat!

[identity profile] donnad.livejournal.com 2003-08-16 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
This is good to hear, hopefully the anti-biotics will help. Did they give you any advice on how to keep it from getting reinfected? (like using newspaper or papertowels in her littebox instead of litter?)