Sherilyn and Cass insisted on following me to to the vet’s, though Cass only had half an hour of break before her next online class. We dropped off Haru at around 12.15 pm and by 2 pm, the vet’s daughter called me to inform me that Haru’s ready to be picked up from the clinic.
As usual, Haru hissed the moment she reached the clinic. She even tried to run away the moment she saw her carrier when we took it out from the storeroom. The carrier is always associated with pain. And the spay surgery must have traumatized her so much that after the surgery, she was extremely aggressive to everyone.
When we took her out of the carrier on reaching home, Haru appeared to be disoriented. Her eyes were glassy/watery and her pupils dilated. She sounded very different – from trauma and fear. She growled at us non-stop, like a feral animal. I think she could not even see us clearly nor recognize us. I placed her in her scratch board box and lined it with some cloths. But Haru was still trembling (side effect of the anesthetic) and very traumatized. About half an hour later, she suddenly jumped out of the box and landed on the floor. My heart landed on the floor with her too! She was hysterical, growling and trying to run away. She was trying to wriggle her way out of her post-op onesie (which she hates) and her leg got stuck. She was really hysterical. Cass tried to release Haru’s leg and in the process, got bitten really hard on her right hand!
Cass’ hand was bleeding badly. That night, Cass couldn’t sleep. She woke up at 3 am to apply ice on her hand as she felt as if blood was boiling under the skin of her hand. The next morning, I immediately brought Cass to a nearby clinic. The doctor told us that animal bites are serious, especially if they are from stray animals. Thankfully Haru has completed all her vaccines, including the one for rabies.
The doctor did a wound irrigation on Cass’ wounds by injecting the bite marks/holes with Dermacyn® WoundCare, a super-oxidized solution intended for use in the debridement, irrigation and moistening of acute and chronic wounds, ulcers, cuts, abrasions and burns. The procedure looked extremely painful and bloody as blood was oozing out of the holes when the doctor injected Dermacyn. The doctor asked Cass if it was painful and she nodded. But our tough cookie was calm as usual. She has gone through umpteen procedures a million times more painful than this since birth.
Aside from a wound irrigation, Cass is prescribed with antibiotics and anti-inflammation medicine. Haru is also given antibiotics and anti-inflammation tablets. Now I have 2 babies having to take similar meds until Sunday. Thankfully I have Sherilyn to feed Haru the meds. She’s really good at feeding Haru meds and cutting Haru’s sharp nails, something which I suck at.
Today Haru is less aggressive and doesn’t snarl and hiss at us like a dog and serpent anymore. But she’s still very weak and has been sleeping almost all day. She threw up after eating just one kibble last night. This morning, Sherilyn gave Haru a few shreds of boiled chicken and a few kibbles while I was at the clinic with Cass. But an hour later, Haru threw up again.
Haru’s appetite seemed to have come back late in the evening today. We fed her a teeny bit of kibbles, which she ate from our palm and force fed her water using a syringe, which I bought from the pharmacy this morning.
It breaks my heart to see Haru feeling so listless. She’s always been a very active cat and extremely intelligent. I call her a human trapped in a cat’s body. Seeing her lie down in her cage with her eyes closed and struggling to walk just crushes me.
Sometimes I think that spaying / neutering an animal is such a cruel thing to do. I’d gone through many surgeries on my abdomen and therefore know how painful it is. Haru is such a healthy and active cat and having her uterus and ovaries removed seems like so wrong. But I know that the pros outweigh the cons. Haru will no longer have to suffer every month and will also have lesser risk of certain cancers. Soon, she will be a happy cat again.
I can’t wait to see Haru back to her normal self again.
Can you imagine how stressed out I was since yesterday? And my weight dropped further caused by all these stressors. I’m now 41.1kg and if I am faced with more stressful situations, I will be 40+ kg! Stressful days always make me lose weight effortlessly.
Good news is I now have some allowances to eat more to plump myself up again. I put on weight pretty easily too 😁.
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