#I can quietly hope that it'll be included on his post op checks though. plssss
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Well it was inevitable but I got Pumpkin another (yes another) vet appointment, because he's still chewing strangely on his gums and it's not got any better
Long rambling under the cut lmao
Honestly lost count of how many times this cat has been back and forth to the vets in the last couple of months
He's got really anxious from it - he gets nervous when he hears certain sounds because they sound like his cat carrier - or if I go into the cupboard the carrier lives in for something else (its where my washing basket also lives) he'll hide under the bed
:):):):)
They've given him anxiety is what they've done
I say that like this cat hasn't been highly strung and full of baggage since I got him, but that's just the throw of the dice you make when you adopt a 'rescue cat' I guess. You have no idea what kind of issues they come with, but at least you've given them a loving home right??
Pumpkin came from a lady and her hoard of neglected cats. I don't know whether they were all seized from her, or something happened to her, Cats Protection were strangely quite closed lipped about the circumstances, and that's all I could manage to get from both the charity and the fosterer.
He was little more than skin and bone when I got him, you could see every rib and notch on his spine, it was super sad. And now he's this big Garfield looking heavy lump of a thing, but still full of anxiety and now hardly any teeth!!
Anyway, using tumblr as a diary to vent makes me feel a bit better. So ignore this if you want, if you even got this far lmaooo
I just, ugh. I want him to be well again. I know a bunch of people who have had cats have teeth extractions and it's been totally fine. But Pumpkin's has just not healed properly even from the start. Hooray for me!
And I feel bad when I talk about my cat a lot because like, he's my best friend, but he is still a cat. I know a few people I work with who are struggling with sick family members at the moment and then I'm sat there like, "my cat is poorly again!" I can't do that! I just don't really talk about it at work. And then my mum thinks I'm overreacting by taking him to the vets this many times and I'm trying to explain that he's not well, and she thinks he should just be 'getting better' if I give it time
I have given it time! That's one of the problems! My never ending guilt on the fact that he's suffering because I'm waiting to see if it gets any better on its own before I stretch his poor anxiety even thinner by putting him in his cat carrier again! Like being stuck between a rock and a hard place.
This has been nice to ramble actually. I usually stick these kinds of posts in the drafts and they just gather dust in there forever, but I know a few people are concerned about how Pumpkin is getting on (thank you <3)
Anyway, let's just hope it's something easily fixable, doesn't require more surgery, or x rays, or tests, and my baby can be well again for Christmas 🙏
#Im not sure if they'll extend the me not having to pay for it thing now that its been this long since his surgery#but Im willing to pay whatever it costs honestly#I can quietly hope that it'll be included on his post op checks though. plssss#pie says personal stuff#pumpkin the cat
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