Hi All,
Well I made it back to State College, and Fatty is is at my sister's back outside for now.
The vet visit was $36, and of course the vet felt the need to run the complete blood work on Fatty so that was $105, and then instead of doing the FIV/FELV combo test (the vet felt that if Fatty was FIV/FELV he would of had signs by now since we've seen him for close to 4 years now hanging around and he's been pretty healthy except for lately) we did a thyroid test on him and that was $30.
Well after getting Fatty's blood drawn we had to wait about an hour until the results were done....I think they were done sooner but they had a lot of people to wait on and Fatty was a trooper, he just sat in the cat carrier didn't cry once. He was such a good boy. By the way we found he's a FIXED BOY!!! YEAH!!! The vet came to get us (my mom and me and well of course Fatty) and we went over his blood work and the vet said that Fatty has hyperthyroidism
He went over several options, surgery sounded too risky, he mentioned a radioactive dye that would be injected into Fatty and that's done for about 5 days while he would stay at a hospital (most likely in the city) this option though we felt might be a bit too expensive at the moment....and well there's giving him 1 pill Twice a DAY.
So the total vet visit, $36 office visit, $105 blood test, $30 thyroid test, $32 for the Methimazole 5 mg = $203
We finally left the vets at 5 pm and his appointment was for 3 pm so I was glad and I'm sure Fatty was glad to get out of there we headed back to my sister's place.
I keep juggling in my mind how I was going to get Fatty a pill twice a day and whether I should take him back to my house and cause more chaos with my oldest kid Anika and well then there's the Hernia kid...who will need the bathroom to recoup at the end of this month.
Once I arrived to my sister's place Pretty Girl (his buddy) was hanging out on my sister's step just waiting for Fatty and I showed Pretty Girl the cat carrier and she knew Fatty was in there and so we put Fatty in the cat carrier outside on the step (I needed some time to think about what I could do for him) and Pretty Girl sat right next to him and wouldn't move. She just wanted him out so bad and of course I felt horrible for keeping them separated.
So about 5 minutes of Fatty sitting outside in the cat carrier and Pretty Girl siting next to him my sister came home and I discussed Fatty with her and she said she would be able to give him a pill once a day because generally he doesn't show up in the mornings when she leaves for work.
After my sister and I had a quick discussion we decided to leave Fatty back out and Pretty Girl just went up to him after he walked out of the cat carrier and gave him a bunch of kisses! It was the sweetest thing in the world to see and that's why I know that they both need to go to a home together.
Right now I'm looking for a foster home for Fatty so that he will get his meds on a regular basis so that we can see him fatten back up and get healthy and Pretty Girl will need to follow Fatty as well. A permanent home would be ideal especially an indoor home only. So please, please cross post this to as many of your friends and family that might be looking 2 super sweet cats that need an indoor homes especially before winter hits this year.
I've attached a picture that I took of Fatty today.
Melissa
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