On Friday, Apryl and I took Eva to the vet around 8:30am. They needed to prep her up for surgery which actually started around noon. This was her third trip in two weeks to the vet, so she wasn’t too happy about it. After dropping her off, we tried to keep our minds off of everything (if that was possible) by going out to breakfast at Milk and Honey and making a trip out to Ikea in the suburbs. After hours inside Ikea, we came out with a $6 reversible lampshade that we would later discover to be malfunctioning. As we checked out and headed to the parking lot, we got a call from Eva’s doctor.
She told us that the surgery went well. And that the lump wasn’t on a muscle, which is very good news since there is more of a chance she’ll fully recover the strength in her leg. Still, we won’t know until possibly 10 days if the removed lump was cancerous or not. We were then informed that we could pick her up in a couple of hours. When we got back to the city, we went straight to the vet to pick her up.
It was a bit shocking seeing Eva so drugged out on examination table. I think that was more surprising than the shaved back leg with the long line of stitches. No wait, the oddest thing was Eva’s lampshade over her head. Apryl calls her Conehead. The funniest story about the vet was her doctor telling us how sweet she was all morning. All the way up until they brought in another cat, and then she started her low growling noise. Apparently, she doesn’t like to share the attention.
When we brought her back home, she staggered around like a drunk person, knocking into a wall or a chair or anything in her way. Still, she seemed to be aware of where her things were located especially her food bowl. Even through all that, she hadn’t lost her appetite. And she sure didn’t forget how much she loves Apryl’s lap. Unfortunately, she scrared Apryl twice when she fell out of her lap and on to the floor. Don’t worry, she wasn’t hurt. That night I slept with her on the couch.
The next day she was pretty much back to her old self. She was even getting use to the lampshade, even though she still attempts to rub her face against everything with no effect. Well, the effect is plastic scraping across anything in her path. Also, we really get a kick out of her attempt to bathe parts of her body that she’s not able to reach because of the lampshade. Instead of realizing that it’s having no effect, she just goes ahead and licks the inside of her lampshade. I should try to get video of this and post it later. We even got a call from her doctor making sure everything was going alright. Thanks Dr. Rachel!
So, she seems to be doing really good right now. In three days, she can remove the lampshade and finally get full licking access. Thanks everyone for your well wishes. They were much appreciated. I’ll keep you posted on the results of the lump when we get them.
– Expect upcoming posts this week of my dad’s weekend trip and the return of Sox baseball!