A Few Updates...

It has been over a year since Clive had his surgery, and he is all grown up and doing very well!

Clive's friend, Lucky, who had her surgery about 4 1/2 months ago, is also doing very well! You can see new photos of her on her page: Lucky, Baby Kitten with PRAA

CC's Heart Fund, the charity which made a generous donation for Clive's surgery, is now on Facebook!

Clive's New Friend, Lucky!

Clive has a new friend, and her name is Lucky...

Isn't she precious? Lucky recently had surgery to correct PRAA after her mom, Laurie, read about Clive and saw how well he's doing, and we'd like to share Lucky's amazing story too! Read about Lucky, as told by her mom, and see more photos of her here: Lucky, Baby Kitten with PRAA

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9 Months After Surgery...

Since his surgery almost 9 months ago, Clive has come a long way!

He has now taken over the house and all the cat beds...

and the dog beds, too...

Here he has kicked Buddy out of his bed and has taken it over...

Here is Clive with his Aunt Poppy. She drove 10 hours to see Clive...

and then he took over her bed too...

Clive is now a healthy and normal fellow! 

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Little update on Clive...

He went for his follow up barium test last week (they have him eat food with barium mixed in and then take an xray to see how his esophagus looks and if the food goes down). The test showed that his esophagus is still dilated but not as much as before and there is no more obstruction. The surgeon said that it is possible that his esophagus will still get a little less dilated since it can take a few months after surgery for it to shrink but it is likely that he will always have a bigger esophagus than a normal cat would have. She feels it is unlikely that this will cause future problems but it is possible. There is really no way to say 100%. He is eating lots of canned food now and has not thrown up at all since the surgery. He is getting bigger and putting on weight. She said to just try dry food and see how he does. He ate a little bit the other day (because he snuck in a stole it from Buddy) and he did gag after wards but did not actually throw up. I will try mixing just a little at a time in some canned food and see if that helps but the doctor said it is quite possible that he will just never be able to eat dry food but will pretty much be normal other than that. I have noticed that his purr has a slightly odd sound to it, almost like a wheezing which I think might be related to his condition but not sure. I am now starting to look in to options for finding him a permanent home but seeing as he still has a health issue, even though now it is pretty minor, I may not have much luck. The fact that he may develop problems later in life, although unlikely, may scare people off. Even getting totally healthy cats adopted can be hard so we will see....I plan to get him vaccinated later this week since he is now all done with all the surgical stuff.

Pic of his tooth and him resting

He is still sleeping this morning...he ate another jar of baby food a little while ago. I am going to try pulverizing some canned cat food in the food processor later on and see if he likes that. If not I will go get more baby food.....

Headed back to vet

He looks slightly better this morning but not by much so I am off to the emergency room at Carolina Veterinary Specialists to see if they can tell what is going on. Maybe they can get in touch with his surgeon even though it is Saturday and she will know what to do.....

Clive is having a very bad day.....

Scary set back for Clive today....

Last night we noticed that he seemed to be laying in his little bed for a long time but at first didn't think anything of it. After a couple of hours though it really seemed odd since he is normally so highly active and then when it was time to go to bed he didn't seem to want to get up and wouldn't eat anything at all. This morning again he wouldn't eat at all but was walking around a little bit but kind of slowly. After work when we got home though he had gotten much worse and wouldn't move at all. Any time I would touch him he would cry and when he would try to walk he wouldn't put any weight in his one front leg near where his incision is. So we took him to our family vet since it's the closest to our house and they are not really sure what is causing it but he seems to be in extreme pain. The doc didn't feel any broken bones or dislocations but Clive would cry and thrash around when he would feel around his shoulder and arm so there is something bad going on. He got a shot for pain and we are back home now...he also has pain meds to start in the morning and if he is not any better in the morning we will take him back to the doc. Not sure what in the world happened...I am really upset about it because he was doing so well and recovering perfectly. His incision is almost completely healed so I can't figure out what might be happening.

Update

Clive went for a check up today. He is doing really well. Everything looks good and his incision is healing as it should. He is now allowed to "romp and play" normally which is good since he has been doing that for awhile. He has to go back on the 10th for another check up where they will keep him for the day and do another barium x-ray test to see how his esophagus is doing. Yay so far!

Watching Ferris Bueler's Day off for the 500th time.....

Showing off his mohawk....