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Ollie and cat flu

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hollinhurst84 · 03/12/2015 13:05

Remember me posting about me taking on a rescue with FIV and flu?
Well... He has had loads of antibiotics and nothing has cleared it. And his sneezes stink
I pushed and he went under anaesthetic today to have a scope done
He doesn't have cat flu. What he did have was a huge broken tooth embedded in his nostril causing the sneezing and infections. He must have been in so much pain
Vet is astounded and has saved tooth for me to see when I get him later

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TheoriginalLEM · 03/12/2015 13:11

OMG poor Ollie!! He will be so much more comfortable now - he has fallen on his feet with you. There should be more people like you really.

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hollinhurst84 · 03/12/2015 13:19

He was very sad this morning as had to be starved for anaesthetic!
I'm amazed, he's been eating raw too so crunching on bones etc and all along he's had that, possibly for years
Gratuitous pic of him last night

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hollinhurst84 · 03/12/2015 13:19

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cozietoesie · 03/12/2015 14:18

Poor poor lad - he must have been in so much discomfort all this time so it's a credit to his character that he's still as loving as he is.

When does he get home?

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hollinhurst84 · 03/12/2015 14:21

I know - he's never once been aggressive with me. The weird thing is I tried to get him in the carrier this morning and he wouldn't go in. So I sat by it (talking to myself) "Ollie, I want to make you better, this will fix you"
He looked at me and just walked in and turned around and let me shut the door

Picking him up at about half 6 tonight
The vet was "well. It's quite interesting" - her tone was "this is THE most exciting thing I've seen all year"

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hollinhurst84 · 03/12/2015 14:23

I love my hooman pose

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cozietoesie · 03/12/2015 14:39

Thank Goodness you pressed to have a scope. I'm surprised he hasn't popped his clogs to be honest - and it wouldn't have got better. A great big piece of decaying semi-foreign matter sitting in an infection sensitive place?

He'll be delighted to be back home; and if Seniorboy is anything to go by, increasingly OK about going in his carrier when he realizes properly that it doesn't mean abandonment.

Shall he be having a treat tonight?

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hollinhurst84 · 03/12/2015 14:44

They don't know how long it's been there but given he's had "flu" since before being in foster... At least 9 months? Possibly years
He was singing to me all last night as he wasn't allowed any food. So he has turkey mince, heart and pork chunks ready, with salmon oil and his cheese flavoured kitty bloom supplement

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cozietoesie · 03/12/2015 14:48

Wot - no caviar?

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hollinhurst84 · 03/12/2015 14:58

He doesn't do fish
He would probably ideally like some roast chicken but the mince will be nice and soft for him

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Fluffycloudland77 · 03/12/2015 20:31

Poor little sod, Is it a tooth that never descended

He will be so much better from now on.

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hollinhurst84 · 03/12/2015 20:37

No, it's a back one that broke off. Looks like it might have broken then pushed back up into his gum

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cozietoesie · 03/12/2015 20:42

How is he ?

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hollinhurst84 · 03/12/2015 20:46

Straight out the carrier to his food, jumped on the kitchen worktop (bad cat!!!) and then sneezed blood over me
Now back in his favourite place

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Wolfiefan · 03/12/2015 20:49

Oh bless. That pose says "you fixed me. I will protect and love you forever!"
Thank goodness you got to the bottom of the problem. Wishing him good health from now on.

Wishing we had a roast chicken icon!
(Love that your response to caviar was simply he wouldn't like it! Nothing too good for gorgeous boy!)
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hollinhurst84 · 03/12/2015 20:50

He wants caviar, he gets it

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cozietoesie · 03/12/2015 21:32

He really will feel so much better. That's a very congested and nerve-rich area of the body, human or cat, and one in which something causing pressure and infection can be desperately uncomfortable. Made my day that has.

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hollinhurst84 · 03/12/2015 23:57

Milking it ever so slightly....

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cozietoesie · 04/12/2015 00:01

And why not, eh?

Happy cat. Being home with his Mum again will also have sent his trust and comfort levels rocketing, leaving aside any physical well being.

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hollinhurst84 · 04/12/2015 00:07

Oh he's purring away in his sleep bless him!

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cozietoesie · 04/12/2015 13:32

How is he today?

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hollinhurst84 · 04/12/2015 13:50

Woke me up at 6am throwing up but seems ok since

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cozietoesie · 04/12/2015 14:00

That could be an after-effect of the whole GA process - the anaesthetic itself, the empty stomach beforehand, the full(?) stomach after etc etc. I do hope it was in a relatively tasteful place?

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hollinhurst84 · 04/12/2015 14:18

In the bedroom and then he sneezed some blood on me before kneading me right on my nipple. Bloody cats

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cozietoesie · 04/12/2015 14:38

He may not have got his eye in of course. In my experience, cats prefer to upchuck on things which are deeply personal, pale or difficult/impossible/expensive to clean. (With extra points for combinations thereof. )

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