Sorry it took awhile for the uppydate, but my two week reprieve from school is over and I have to fit that into my schedule again.

So last night was awful. If anything I thought she was worse. She would only take two or three steps and then stop and sit down, then lay down and not move. Then about an hour later she'd get up, take two more steps, stop, sit down, then lay down. I was almost ready to take her to the emergency vet again, but knew I had the appointment first thing in the morning (which reminds me I need to cancel the 5:00 pm appointment!).

We were all up in the loft and it appeared she wanted to go down the stairs, so I picked her up and carried her down. Once on the first floor she headed for the laundry room, which leads to the basement and food and litter, so I picked her up and carried her down there. Then about 1/2 hour later I went down and carried her back up. I brought her in bed with me and she snuggled and purred for awhile, then when it looked like she was going to jump down I picked her up and put her down and she limped off.

I hardly slept since I was so worried, but then this morning I almost tripped over her when I went to the bathroom! She had followed me in there and wanted skirtchies! I was so happy! She followed me around a little more, then did the sit down thing. She was so improved over last night I couldn't believe it! Knowing how upset she gets at the vet, I almost didn't take her thinking it was getting better on its own, but then I thought no, she has the appointment she's going. Better to be safe than sorry.

So I took her in and it turns out she has bursitis! Bursitis is when the soft "lubricant" type stuff between the joints gets inflamed. The vet has it himself, so he said it feels like someone is sticking a needle right in the muscle - ouchie! My poor baby! He said it's hard to say if she had this before and the jump aggrivated it or if the jump caused it.

Since she's already on prednisolone he didn't give her a cortisone shot to reduce inflammation. He did say I should give her a St. Joseph's baby aspirin once every 3 days for the pain. He said she should only need one or maybe two before it starts feeling better.

When we got home and she got out of the carrier - well, let's just say I've never seen her move so fast to get away from me. But I did catch her and give her the baby aspirin so she should be feeling a lot better by the time I get home tonight.

Sorry to write a novel about this, but for some reason I just can't keep my posts short - no matter how hard I try!

Oh, and the vet said that she might need bifocals soon. Her eyes are starting to get cloudy which is normal in older kitties and is similar to our eyes aging, causing us to need bifocals. Terry should be thrilled when I tell him that. He simply rejects any idea that she's getting older.