We were back at the vet this morning with his Lordship as we noticed his back legs seemed week and he was stumbling. Because he has heart failure we immediately thought of a blood clot and were convinced again that he wouldn't be coming home. The vet is as sure as she can be that it's not a blood clot and more likely a flare up of his osteoarthritis. As we can't increase the metacam she's suggested we try solensia and we have agreed.
I'm worried about potential side effects of the solensia but I don't think we have any other choice. He's uncomfortable rather than in pain at the moment and I don't want him to get to the stage he's in pain. It's also not his time to go yet, he proved that by running down the garden this afternoon and trying to fight the neighbours cat through the fence! He's eating, drinking and toileting normally and still taking me to the toilet whether I need to go or not. He's been asleep in the sun this afternoon and somehow managed to get under the BBQ like he usually does in the spring/summer.
I don't know what I want from this post really, just to talk about him to my fellow cat lovers I suppose!