Sophia's poor little mouth....Update #25 with pic

[kb2yjx]

Sophia, our Raven sends you good vibes and prayers that all will go well when you are at the vet for your dental. Be a good girl. If you lose all your teeth, you will be just fine. Raven has lived and eaten very nicely for about 7 years with all her teeth gone!!!

[momcat]

Hi Sophia, I'm very sorry to hear that you have ouchies in your mouth. I hope your whitecoat was able to help you feel better and was able to make those nasty ouchies go away. Sending you feel better purrs and headbumpies!

Your friend,
Groucho

[jennielynn1970]

Awe... poor Sophia! I was just wondering about her the other day. I remember your original posts before you adopted her, about a "hypothetical cat with little to no teeth", and wondered how she was doing.

Big smoochies to Sophia, and hope her mouth feels much better soon!

[Glacier]

Awe... poor Sophia! I was just wondering about her the other day. I remember your original posts before you adopted her, about a "hypothetical cat with little to no teeth", and wondered how she was doing.

Big smoochies to Sophia, and hope her mouth feels much better soon!

She's still hypothetical! Since I am over the number of allowed cats here, she's a very noisy, bossy figment of my imagination!

[Glacier]

Sophia is at the clinic and her vet just called. Her bloodwork shows incredibly high white blood cell counts. Rick thinks that's coming from the infection in her mouth, which he says is very bad. Silly cat never showed any signs til Thursday when she mewed every time she touched her face! He says it's still safe to knock her out and that it's only going to get worse if her teeth aren't fixed. She's gonna get some IV antibiotics before the surgery and come home with more pills. Rick expects she's going to loose all her teeth! Oh, well, she never liked kibble anyway. She's a canned food girl!

[cassiesmom]

Sophia, I know some Found Kitties who can relate to dental work! I'm sorry to hear you have an infection and I hope you feel much better soon.

[Cinder & Smoke]

Sophia is at the clinic and her vet just called ...

Doc Rick expects she's going to loose all her teeth!
Oh, well, she never liked kibble anyway. She's a canned food girl!

Look at the bright side, Sophia ...no need to *brush* every night!

Maybe Mom can stop at the store on the way home ~~~
Pick up some Baby Food in cat-approved flavours -
the *mushed-up* stuff designed for Toothless-2-Leggers.

FEEL BETTER Soon, Soph!

[jennielynn1970]

Awe.... poor thing! I hope the infection gets under control and she'll feel better soon. Gentle hugs and pets for sweet Sophia.

[Catlady711]

Sophia is at the clinic and her vet just called. Her bloodwork shows incredibly high white blood cell counts. Rick thinks that's coming from the infection in her mouth, which he says is very bad. Silly cat never showed any signs til Thursday when she mewed every time she touched her face! He says it's still safe to knock her out and that it's only going to get worse if her teeth aren't fixed. She's gonna get some IV antibiotics before the surgery and come home with more pills. Rick expects she's going to loose all her teeth! Oh, well, she never liked kibble anyway. She's a canned food girl!

Cats are incredibly good at hiding problems from thier meowmies.

Mouth bacteria can get into the bloodstream and make a pet sick. Hopefully once they get the rest of the bad teeth out Sophia will feel much better. BTW some animals do manage to 'gum' moistened kibble, but since you said Sophia doesn't like it much anyways, I'm sure she wouldn't mind the canned. lol. I hope the teeth pulling goes well and Sophie comes home soon.

[slick]

Phred, you always make me laph!!! Sorry to grin sweet Sophia. I sure hope that nasty infection scrams real quick so you can get back to being yourself again. Don't worry about having no toofies. You are bootiful as you are.

[Glacier]

Sophia is back home. She's not quite toothless, but pretty close. She has no teeth on the right side of her mouth, only her incisors on the top and her fangs and a premolar or two on the bottom. Rick used a reversible sedative to knock her out so she's not groggy at all. Not groggy but not happy! She's been pumped full of IV antibiotics and painkillers. I have more of both for her starting tomorrow. Two weeks worth of Clamovox and five days of Metacam. Apparently the techs had a little free time today--Sophia had a little butterfly made out of vetwrap where her IV was!

She's lounging in the office/spare bedroom with me. She's very quiet which is highly unusual for Sophia.

The bill was enormous! Even I was a little shocked and I'm pretty used to big vet bills! Hopefully this has solved the problem and I'll have my happy little purring furball back soon. That's worth every dime.

[Catlady711]

Awww cute pix. Glad she's home and not groggy.

[RedHedd]

Aww! she's so pretty! Feel better soon, little one

[Cinder & Smoke]

Sophia is back home.

Not groggy but not happy!

Apparently the techs had a little free time today --
Sophia had a little butterfly made out of vetwrap where her IV was!

The bill was enormous!
Even I was a little shocked and I'm pretty used to big vet bills!

WELCOME HOME, Soph!!

Big Bill?
Did you *mention* that?
Between the Katz and the Dawgz ~ YOU must come close to keeping a Vet and a tech or two
in full time employment ... I wouldn't be afraid to question if they hadn't possibly
"overlooked" your MULTI-Patient Discount!
"Misplacing" the decimal is easy to do.

GLAD she's home and I good condition, even if NOT Happie.

[Glacier]

Big Bill?
Did you *mention* that?
Between the Katz and the Dawgz ~ YOU must come close to keeping a Vet and a tech or two
in full time employment ... I wouldn't be afraid to question if they hadn't possibly
"overlooked" your MULTI-Patient Discount!
"Misplacing" the decimal is easy to do.

Oh, I checked the bill. There are several items that are listed with a zero charge, a discount on all the blood work. It's still a monster bill! Thank goodness for Visa!