I believe this might qualify as an emergency.
Just a note: This happened later at about 6:30 pm, and our vet closes at noon on Saturday, and is not open tomorrow because it's a Sunday. Otherwise, I would just post what happened and then the solution.
I can't remember all who I have made replies to recently and told about Soni's mishap so I will say it again to avoid confusion.
Soni, our ten month old neutered male, escaped from the house the other day after my husband went to work and while I was asleep. So, of course the bedroom door was open so the cats could have free roam of the house to play, and chase, and whatnot. Well, one of the other folks we live with may have "accidentally" ( :rolleyes: :mad: ) let him out. Everybody was gone by the time I woke up. I looked for Soni all day until one of them came home, and called my name. I went to see what they wanted and they had Soni in their hands and were talking about how he was sitting on a window ledge outside. Soni then got let down and they left. Soni had been limping and I wanted to take him to the vet but hubby felt him out and said he looked/acted like he had sprained his paw and should be fine. The whole time I was on the phone with my mother (an ex vet tech who may get back into the business) who advised me to just watch him but said he'll probably get better and I shouldn't have anything to worry about, really. Okay, fast foward about three days. Husband is having his morning coffee and is waiting for Soni to join him as he does every day. Troy looks for Soni, finds him, and sits back down at the table. He turns him over on his back to check him out again because, thus far, it hasn't improved at all. He is still limping and won't put his foot to the ground. There is just pus and nastiness all over. So, we clean it up and put gauze on it and I call my mother again. She said it sounds like he got bitten, but she can't really tell because she's not there in person, and to just keep what we're doing and he should be doing good in a couple days NOW. Friday night, I was starting to worry that we weren't doing it right so I checked online and in my Comprehensive Health Care for Cats book. It said we were. Today, we're cleaning it once again and, of course, once it gets all the pus out there is a little blood seepage (plus lots of hissing and drawing Troys blood during this whole time). Well, Troy was in the middle of putting some ointment (the word slips my mind at this moment, slajhfsk) on his foot when I noticed some blood on the opposite (top) side of Soni's paw. Not a huge deal, I just thought it had gotten on there just by husbands general movements (for lack of a better phrase). We get ready to put on the gauze and there is a HUGE gob and Soni's paw is COVERED in blood. We wiped him off and noticed a hole on the top side. The problem originates in between a large and small pad. So, we cleaned that and dressed it. Today is day four of doing this and I have decided that we will be at the vets as soon as they open on Monday. I am worried and freaked out and exhausted for Soni. He hasn't been, understandably, himself throughout this experience. I hope we don't have to resort to amputation or worse. Any comments or suggestions?
