Thursday, December 1, 2016

Dandelion

Mom realized late on Wednesday that nothing posted yesterday....we had everything set up but POOF no post. very strange....so those pictures will go up tomorrow.


Anyhow, Dandelion is still pretty sneezy and snotty. Mom called the vet last Friday and they had her drop him off at the office on Monday so they could check him out when they had a chance. Dr B wanted to test him for Bartonella (and mom would love to give you a link to a great article about it but had a hard time finding anything that was specifically about cats and not about spreading to humans). Anyhow, it can be caused by fleas (which he doesn't have but may have been exposed to somewhere else) and can show up as stomatitis or upper respiratory in cats. Mom cleared it with the rescue and should have results later this week. Luckily, according to Dr B, if it is positive, it would take a longer course of a different antibiotic but it should clear up and not come back. If it is negative, they are back to square one. Mom worries about screwing up his immune system and wants to get some serious answers before giving him anymore drugs.

His limp is mostly gone and he is having a great time hanging around the house. He loves Daiquiri and the patriot girls and is quite the people cat too.


14 comments:

  1. Oh Dandelion, we so hope you get better soon. We are all crossing our paws for you.

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  2. An adorable photo of Dandelion, napping and doing the dangle with both back feets AND tail! Hope the vet finds an answer.

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  3. The poor guy. When you have foster-cats coming and going, it's always something with at least one of them, isn't it?

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  4. Aw, poor baby, I hope they figure it out soon! At least he doesn't look stressed! lol

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  5. Nope, he's definitely chilling whilst in recovery.

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  6. He's so handsome! We hope he finds lasting health so he can enjoy the love and security of a forever home soon.

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  7. I'm sending purrs to Dandelion - I hope he is better soon!

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  8. Dandelion, you are so pretty and what a perfect name for you too. xoxo Get better sweet boy.

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  9. dood.....we send manee blessings frum R pal frank for sum grate health ta come upon ewe....N yur blogz knot de onlee crazed one when it comez ta postin; we see em in R reeder; nada.....we due knot see em in R reeder N sure enuff, therz a post...♥♥♥

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  10. Poor Dandelion. We sure hope they can clear up his snottiness.

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  11. I think Jack has that.. we are taking him in this afternoon and I'm going to have them test for it.

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  12. He's adorable! I hope he's feeling better soon and that the vet is able to get a firm diagnosis. Maybe he just doesn't want to leave? :)

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  13. Hoping that Dandelion feels better soon!

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