Seb's Big Week

Our poor sweet Seb... a few weeks ago, he came in from his morning wanders, limping terribly. It was obvious he'd done something serious, and sure enough, the vet said the next day he'd torn his ACL.

This pretty much meant surgery, and a severe limitation on how much he was able to get around. 

We were actually told to keep him in a crate, but that was just not going to work out. But we did accommodate him with a ramp up to the couch, so he wouldn't jump. the rug on the ramp was to make it less slippery, and we put bricks on the end to hold it in place. Really classy looking!

Seb had his surgery Tuesday, and it went well, other than learning that his OTHER ACL is also messed up and arthritic. 

We were under the impression he'd be drugged and sleepy when he came home. Um, no. He was ANGRY. Mad every time he tried to move and found that he couldn't. He was hissing and making cat-fight sounds in his rage, scaring the girls and making them cry. We aren't used to our big lovebug acting like this!

I finally gave him extra medicine that night, even though he was supposed to be good until the morning. We had him the little orange tent the girls use, with his litter box, food, water, and a big comforter for him to sleep on.

Our first two nights were rough. 
 
But by the third day, he was acting much more like himself, and I was able to sleep in my own bed the whole night.

His incision was healing beautifully, and the vet took off the bandaging on Friday. 

Seb decided he really didn't like staying in the tent all the time, and made a new window. The next day, Stace duck taped it, but our resourceful cat created a new exit through the side of the tent. We then gave up and let him come out permanently. Don't tell the vet.

After leaving his incision alone for a full week, Stace and I heard him meowing plaintively Tuesday night, and found that he had a tooth stuck in a staple! Stace unhooked the tooth, and on Wednesday, I took him back in to remove the half-out staple. He'll get them all removed next week. Now, he wears the Cone of Shame and looks very pathetic.