Month: July 2016

 My chair! Sit elsewhere!

Let me in! I am NOT going through the cat door!

Rub there! You know I can’t reach behind that ear easily!

The Jack is back.

Tonight he had a few visitors and he was most comfortable on the seat which allowed him to sit quietly and watch

He’s doing lots of purring. He’s also adjusting to outside walks on his lead. Only plays dead cat temporarily when the harness goes on.

He bought Jenny a well chewed cat toy as a good morning present this morning…so he’s back to naughtiness at usual Jack levels

It turns out his diagnosis is rare.

It is a form of neoplasm but is probably not a cancer. Their best guess is it was originally an infection that the bacteria was secreting an anti platelet factor, and when he cleared the infection the body over-responded and created a vascular bundle.

The pathologist confirmed that with the damage to the muscle, cartilage and bone around the forepaw the correct treatment was amputation as he would have been lame with a simple resection.

I’ve been away up North so hadn’t seen Jack for a few days. He had his stitches out, but needed a couple reinserted because the scar over the stump is a bit fragile.

He continues to surprise us with his resilience and skills. His play is very funny as he works out how to do one paw gymnastics. His new toy is a hanging mouse and it is getting a good battering.

 

Jack is eating, working out how to catch the dreaded feather wand with one less paw (the “dive-roll” technique is gaining adherence) and trying his best to escape on an adventure outside.

There is no swelling around the joint and you can see him moving the phantom limb then doing “oops, that’s not doing what it used to” and trying something else. He is hiding less and sulking more (lots of sitting with his back to the humans after they inflict things such as medication on him).

His stripes are coming through on the new fur which feels like really high quality velvet.

Hard to believe it is only 7 days.