Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Minchie Update

For those of you not on Facebook,  Minchie tore the ACL in his left back knee. For now pain meds for 5 days and feline joint gel every day. Will re-evaluate after 2 weeks. Conservative treatments for now. Foot OK. They trimmed his nails and back one looks fine now.  He's still limping.  They don't recommend surgery for him as he's 10 years old so we're hoping we can keep him comfortable.  They also want us to discourage him from jumping.  Hahaha!  How do you keep a very active Turkish Angora from doing that when that is one thing they are known for.

Thank you everyone for your purrs, prayers and get well and healing wishes!

22 comments:

  1. Oh, no! We thought it was just a claw issue. :-(

    Healing purrs and purrayers from us, and comforting smooches and cuddles from our human.

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  2. That is too bad. And LOL about the jumping--just how do you do that with a cat? We hope he can heal and feel better soon.

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  3. We hope Minchie will be feeling a lot better soon - best of luck with the no jumping rule!
    Lux Hannah and Lucy xx xx

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  4. We are sure sending you healing purrs Minchie! Hey, no jumping...take the easy routes!

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  5. I'm sending lots of purrs to Minchie - although I'm not sure what to do about keeping him from jumping!

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  6. Minchie, I am so sorry this happened dear one. I hope and purr the pain meds help a lot and the feline joint gel does as well. Bless your sweet heart. xoxoxo

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  7. We are so sorry dear Minchie, we know you must be feel good right now and we hope the pills and the other medicines make it better.

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  8. I am so sorry.
    Hope you feel better very soon.

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  9. I am so sorry.
    Hope you feel better very soon.

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  10. I am so sorry.
    Hope you feel better very soon.

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  11. dood....even mor blessings frum St Francis two ewe...sorree bout yur A C & L....ouch....tell yur mom ya knead sum steps.....ore cat rampz...gram paw dude had em...onlee taked him may be a few days ta "use" both N him never jumped much again...like frum bed two floor N stuff...him waz 11 when he started usin both ♥

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  12. such an odd way to present! Good thing you had it looked into. Many purrs of healing

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  13. Is that the same thing that happened to me last year? You know, when I had to have my knee bionicized? I ripped all the ligaments in my right knee and had to have 'em replaced.

    Peeps kept me from jumpin' by puttin' me in a crate when unattended which I did NOT like one single bit. But that was just for the recuperation time. I'm hopin' Minchie won't have to be kept from jumpin' for very long.

    Healin' purrs are on their way!

    Purrs,
    Nissy

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  14. Minchie, you have our biggest purrs coming your way! Maybe a few extra treats on the floor could help convince you to stay low.

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  15. Sending you purrs that you heal quickly Minchie.

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  16. We hope your ACL heals quickly, Minchie!

    The head peep had a funny conversation with a vet once about keeping a cat from jumping. The vet suggested putting one of the cats who came before in the bathroom to prevent her jumping up on things. The head peep said, without thinking, "I don't know about your bathroom, but mine has a toilet and counter, and she's not going to stay down from those." Getting a kitty to rest is tough!

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  17. Poor Minchie. We hope you heal quickly. The mom knows all about trying to keep a cat from jumping. When Ernie's back was hurting, the vet told her to keep him from jumping. Ha! Like that was gonna happen.

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  18. Not jump? For a cat, that is just crazy asking us not to jump.

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  19. Poor Minchie, that must have hurt. Just rest up on the laundry pile big fella and you will be right as rain. I am sending you lots of purrs to help you heal

    Luff
    Mungo xx

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  20. Poor Minchie, that must have hurt. Just rest up on the laundry pile big fella and you will be right as rain. I am sending you lots of purrs to help you heal

    Luff
    Mungo xx

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  21. Oh no poor Minchie! You are right, how do you discourage a cat from doing all of that? Praying he gets well soon. I am on Facebook but rarely have the time to visit the hundreds of folks that I follow. Thanks for the update! xoxo Sending healing purrs and prayers!

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  22. Oh Dang! Hope that it heals on it's own. Will keep up and keep up the healing purrs and prayers!

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