Today isn't going any better

Dread Beast is at the vet. We pick him up at 6:30.

There's some sort of growth/thickening on one side of his rectal canal. It might have always been there and we never knew, or it might be something else.


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The past two days ARE NOT going to be the general tone & demeanor of September. I won't allow it.

Beastie cat update

The vet we saw this afternoon did another exam on him. Our regular vet also did an exam (we didn't get to see her when we went in because she was in surgery). Our regular vet thinks what she felt is muscle tissue, not a tumor. The most likely reason the muscle is noticeably thicker on one side than the other is probably because Dread Beastie's left hind leg is starting to get a bit weak (kinda to be expected at his Elder Statesman age of almost 15), so the right side of his pelvic muscles are probably over-compensating a bit. That's the theory, anyway.

Added to the Beast's daily meds routine: a dose of laxative squirted down his throat twice a day. Ahhh, my high-maintenance cat. But he's okay, and felt well enough to sit on my lap and look out the window on the car ride home.

Thanks for the well-wishes, everyone.