That's true, his balance issues could be due to the surgery and it might just take some time for him to recover. It also could be due to an involvment with his ear but I hope not. He did have some build up of debris in his left ear and one of the vets gave me some ear cleanser to keep it clean which I haven't done yet because he was going through so much already that was far more detrimental to his health but now that things have settled down I should try it. The other reason I haven't used the cleanser is because the vet did clean his ear very well while he was under anesthesia the time before last but maybe it's started to build up again.
I'm hoping that with his added energy these days and his new found friskiness that he will begin to build some muscle as he moves around more and more. In fact, after I wrote the last message an hour or so ago I heard the cats racing around upstairs. I thought to myself, "that must be Tiger playing with either Jimmy or my other cat Stinky" so I went upstairs to see and found Jimmy and Stinky sleeping and Tiger was racing all over the place by himself. Scott made a joke and said "maybe he is playing with Charlie's ghost!". lol You never know! In any case, all that running around should help him to build his little muscles up.
Thanks for your well wishes for Tiger and Jimmy Candace. Jimmy is still down after losing Charlie but each day he seems to get a bit better. I was worried because we have to leave for a week and a pet sitter was going to stop in each day to visit them but now my brother is coming to stay in the house and take care of my pets so I'm so relieved. They will have someone around all the time. Jimmy is my brother's favourite so I know he'll get lots of attention while we're away.