Not Out of the Woods Yet

Once again it's been a few days since I hollered at y'all. I started writing a New Year's post, but that's going to take some real thought and personal reflection to finish. To keep everyone interested, I thought I'd fill you in on my poor, poor kitty.

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In the Dentist's Chair

Well, technically it's probably more of an operating table, and technically he's not actually on it yet, but I was able to get his dentist visit moved up to today from next Wednesday. It's been tough to keep him eating and drinking and the sooner we get his teeth taken care of, the sooner he'll truly be on the mend.

I dropped him off at the vet this morning and he'll hopefully be done by the end of the day so I can pick him up. They had a number of dental procedures scheduled ahead of him, and if he's not done early enough they'll have to keep him overnight to make sure he comes out of the anesthesia alright and doesn't have any complications.

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Update

I was able to stop this post en route to the press to add this update. The vet just called at 10:00 to tell me he's out of surgery and they had to extract a pre-molar. He's in recovery and everything went well. I'll be able to pick him up after work today and bring him home for the recovery phase of this ordeal.

Thanks to everyone who has been asking about him. His little cat pea brain can't comprehend the well-wishing of others, but I can and I appreciate it for him.

P.S. The picture above is not an actual x-ray of Vinny's head. It's just a picture I found on the interweb when I wanted to know what a pre-molar is. Answer: It's in front of the molar. I guess that makes sense.

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Over and Out,
Old Coot