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Jun

Sick kitty

by HML

Last Thursday night Chinook had an upset tummy and was unusually lethargic and unresponsive the next morning, so he spent Friday morning at the veterinarian.  He doesn’t appear to have eaten anything permanently damaging (we learned early on that Chinook has never met a packing peanut he could resist, and keep an eye on him whenever a package arrives) and thanks to antibiotics, he began to come around Sunday morning.

By the end of the holiday weekend he was eating again and playing with his favorite (safe) toy.  He is still resting more than usual, which is difficult to tell with a cat, but there’s definitely a difference between normal catnaps and a sick cat lying listlessly on the floor.  In this photo he is back to climbing up to his favorite napping spot on our bed, which he wasn’t able to do all weekend.

Nanaimo celebrated the invalid’s return to activity by jumping on Chinook and trying to wrestle.  Even now, while Chinook is napping, he is staying close by on the windowsill.  He has missed his buddy.  (And Nanaimo wants his fans to know that he is feeling just fine, by the way.  Thanks for asking.)  We’re all glad that Chinook is on the mend.

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2 Responses to “Sick kitty”

  1. Hå
    June 1st, 2010 16:11
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    Hmmm, I don’t even see the gookie nose. Is that fixed too?

  2. HML
    June 1st, 2010 19:05
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    Unfortunately not … Chinook hasn’t been doing Jackson Pollock impressions on our walls since his vet visit but his nose is still a little messy. I took the picture at an angle so it wouldn’t show. (And I was prepared to use Photoshop to clean him up if necessary.)

    He’s not 100% better yet, but he’s supposed to take the antibiotic for ten days, so hopefully when that’s done his nose will stop running. Poor kitty.