Best. Day.

[sabotabby]

See this little man?



This little man has been steadily losing weight for years. It sucks. Every time I take him to the vet and put him on the scale, I want to cry. He has a good appetite, so it's not that, and his hyperthyroidism, according to the vet, is under control. He does probably have a liver tumour, but the vet thought it might be worth a shot to give him B12 injections. I was pretty skeptical, but there are no side effects and it's non-invasive, so for $40 a week I figured I didn't have much to lose by trying.

Anyway, he had his first one last weekend and I took him in this morning for his second. Between last week and today, his weight increased from 3.3 kg to 3.6 kg. I mean, it's a small change, but it's been a week and he has not had any weight gain in two years before now.

So I am cautiously optimistic that this may work.

Comments

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Oh, I hope so!

[sabotabby]

Fingers and paws crossed over here.

[franklanguage.livejournal.com]

Me too!

[resonant.livejournal.com]

hooray!

[sabotabby]

:D

[rackletang.livejournal.com]

HOORAY!

[sabotabby]

So thrilling!

[gansje.livejournal.com]

Yay, Marinetti!

[sabotabby]

He's a tough kitty.

[smhwpf.livejournal.com]

Ooh, here's hoping. Go Marinetti!

[sabotabby]

I'll know more on Monday. I'm pretty happy right now, anyway.

[umadoshi.livejournal.com]

That's wonderful!

[sabotabby]

It's the best thing that's happened in a really long time.

[apperception.livejournal.com]

Fatten up, Purrface.

[sabotabby]

He's working on it. Eats like a little pig, and purrs the whole time.

[springheel-jack.livejournal.com]

Yay Marinetti!

We think Charlie gained a little weight, and maybe Zeus too. Zeus' creatinine numbers are within normal again

[sabotabby]

Woohoo! Here's to turning back the wave of declining cat health that seems to be going around.

[howlin-wolf-66.livejournal.com]

Good news! *hugs*

... and he looks like a sweetheart. :-)

[sabotabby]

He's the most awesome little dude. You will never meet a friendlier cat with a louder purr.

[elsewhereangel.livejournal.com]

Excited and hopeful!

[sabotabby]

Me too!

[ironed_orchid]

Whoo! I hope this is a first step in a return to healthy portliness.

[sabotabby]

I hope so. I miss having him look healthy, even though in other respects he's pretty active and happy.

[sugarmommaless.livejournal.com]

Does he have macrocytic anemia?

Yay for hope -- for you and the sweet kitty.

[sabotabby]

No idea. It's certainly a possibility.

[princealberic.livejournal.com]

Yay! Marinetti is so cute and I hope he gets better and keeps making progress.

That picture is making me want to give him a big hug.

[sabotabby]

He is even cuter IRL because purrs. And headbutts.