Anyone else break out in a silly grin when imagining Byron in this?
Spike's Bitches 40: Buckle Up, Kids! Daddy's Puttin' the Hammer Down.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Kristin, my aunt and a friend's mom built chickenwire outside tunnels for their cats who really couldn't be free-range but didn't get that. Also, as sad as it is, the enforced inside-time post surgery may make it easier to eliminate the outside habit. It did with one of my childhood cats. OK, there was a lot of whining, but it was harder on the human than the feline.
I wish you guys the best. I've been on a similar cat-health rollercoaster and, yeah, I get it. Good thing cats like salt, for all that we end up crying in their fur.
When I lived in San Diego, my kitties, Sabastia (she started out as Sabastian, but you know how that goes) and Saturday had enormous kattieries. I built them out of a simple wooden frame and wire mesh. One was even two stories, with a ramp down to the ground and an exit out the kitchen window. They loved it and I didn't have to worry.
Kristin, best of luck for poor Byron. May he live a long, three-legged life.
Scrappy, your family is in my thoughts.
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All kinds of ~ma to the people and pets that need them.
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To lighten the mood - I offer you some office silliness. As much as I grumble about work, we do have some fun moments.
Well crap. I might only be buying a year. I really shouldn't google. I know better.
Despite aggressive surgeries, 65% of cats develop new tumors one year after surgery and 91% after two years. The outcome is better for cats who are treated with one initial aggressive surgery compared to those who are treated with multiple conservative surgeries. The median average survival time following complete surgical tumor removal is approximately 16 months. Combining radiation therapy with surgery improves the overall survival to 23 months but local recurrence still occurs in 28-45% of cats. Metastasis (spread) to other organs such as the lungs has been reported for 12-26% of cats, with a median time to metastasis of 265 days.
ETA: Sorry Suzi. Let's talk office silliness instead. Seriously, I need to step away from this.
Oh no, Kristin, I'm so sorry for you.
Ooh, poor baby. That goes for both of you. But I'm still hoping the doctor gives you some better news than it looks.
I am changing the topic.
Pickles. Discuss.