Recovery

I stopped by the hospital last night to check in, and she looked much better than on Monday. Her eyes seemed more alert, she was eating her liquid diet, she'd walked a few doors down the hall and back, and they removed the catheter without any problems. As we watched Jeopardy! on the hospital set, she slipped in and out of sleep; the doctor told her that would happen for a few days as the anesthetics disappeared from her system.

The hospital should release my Mom around 2PM today. My Brother called and is on his way down to help with the transportation, and I'll be heading that way after work.

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Diesel the Cat, on the other hand, turned hesitant and almost spooked on Sunday night. He would semi-jump onto the bed, snagging his claws into the comforter to help carry the rest of him up. He didn't budge like normal when we brought food into the apartment. He stopped meowing into our faces to tell us he was hungry. Worst of all, he hadn't taken a dump in almost two days.

CM drove him to the vet yesterday and learned that Diesel has arthritis in his lower back, just above the tailbone. Jumping up or down from a bed, even squatting to use the litter, irritated the joints which in turn caused his hesitancy with almost everything. The vet injected a pain killer into the area and prescribed a powdery painkiller to be sprinkled over his food.

And requested that Diesel lose about 4 pounds. Feed him twice daily, no more than a third of a cup of dried food. No wet food. (I suggested carting him to the gym with us to use the treadmill.) So far, Diesel hasn't been as vocal as we thought about less food.

So far.