[kitty]

[wispfox]

Oh, goodie. My kitty has heart disease, apparently bad enough that he gets to be medicated daily, plus a baby aspirin every three days (yay for blood thinners!). He is probably able to safely get anesthesia now (although not as safely as if his heart were fine!), but as this is likely to continue to get worse, anything he needs done needs to be done sooner rather than later.

I get to go back in two weeks-ish to verify that the pills are doing what they are supposed to be doing.

*sigh*

I really would like a different day.

Need to remember to purchase baby aspirin tomorrow.

I really hope that I can convince/teach (it's not terribly difficult, as I learned tonight) potential cat sitters to pill my cat every day, or I'm not going to be traveling.

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[wispfox.livejournal.com]

IME, the ease of pilling depends on the cat. I got many scratches when my late Malka was in her final years. I've never had to pill Regina, but she will sit still for almost anything.

Indeed. Ash is not difficult, really. He mostly just wants me to let him _go_ and stop sticking my fingers in his mouth.

He doesn't bite. He was already declawed when I got him (sadly - that's _not_ nice to do!), and I doubt he would have used them on humans even if he had them. He doesn't use his back claws unless he's actively scared rather than just annoyed.

We have catsitters in NYC who, for a price, will do medications. You probably have that option, too, if it's necessary.

Noted! Not sure how I'd find cat sitters if I didn't already have them as friends (that said, I have a friend who _is_ a cat sitter, so she might have suggestions if it comes to that).