Sophie is Limping

We don't know why, but Sophie started limping yesterday, so we took her in to see the vet today. They had to sedate her and do an x-ray. She's been favoring her front left paw. The vet says that the toes seem to be curled up a bit on that foot. I told them that she had to be redeclawed after I got her because whoever had her first did a bad job. They said that could do it. They also said that if she jumps down from a high spot, it could be really hard on her feet since she's missing her front toes.

We forgot to update the blog a few weeks ago, but the vet also says Sophie is heading into thyroid disease territory. I'm still in denial about that one.

Poor cat.

farley loves the sun

farley loves the sun
Originally uploaded by farlykat

Sunday morning, and Farley is sitting out in the sun. We took him to the vet this week for another round of blood tests. This time, the bloodwork went out to a lab for testing to see about his thyroid. It looks like he is doing okay for now, but his thyroid shows signs of problems. Hopefully we can keep that in check.

Although the kidney disease indicators were up this time, the vet says they aren't a significant increase. I've got to figure out a way to slow this progression down.

If loving him as hard as I could would fix it, he'd live forever.