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Pepper is still doing great. She has a fentanyl patch on her front leg that should manage her pain until this coming Saturday. If she has issues with pain after that we will manage it with buprenex (which she was on before surgery) She is also taking clavamox and will start back tomorrow on doxycycline and prednisolone to manage hemobartonella (which we have been aware of since 2013). 

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-John

Hi Everyone!

Pepper is doing great today and the biggest problem I'm having with her is trying to keep her down lol. She isn't much of a runner or a player but she loves to go and she's fiercely independent. We have her confined to the master bedroom but she's furious about it and refuses to sit still while she's in there. There isn't much to get into in her room though so she's as limited as we can make her be. Honestly, her attitude and demeanor are better than they were before surgery and if you didn't see the incision you'd assume she was totally fine. She slowed down some last night and slept really well, so I'm hoping she keeps that up. 

She's still eating like a champ, using the litter box (we have 3 out so it's a work in progress figuring out what she wants and needs, seems to change by the hour in regards to boxes). Taking her antibiotics like a pro and is extremely annoyed by all the bandages and tape covering her pain patch. I'm glad for the pain relief but will be equally glad to get that patch off and not have to keep her off the bandages nonstop. 

Pepper is not our friendliest girl or the social butterfly of our group, so she's been sequestered to the master bedroom pretty much full-time since she was diagnosed in January. Her wound was awful, she was in a terrible mood and with the collar we knew she couldn't take up for herself like she needs to when she inevitably picks a fight with another cat. So until she's released to be more active, she's staying confined to our bedroom with no feline visitors. It is very often a circus in our household lol.

We have the patch removed Saturday, stitches removed and CBC in 2 weeks (anemia got worse over the last few days so we're keeping a close eye on that) and who knows what from there. We're also awaiting lab results on the tumor and will pursue the VAS issue once we have all of that in place. Our vet is very supportive of this and forthcoming with lots of information. I am disgusted that it even happens.

So for now, aside from a dismantled house, displaced kitties who want their master bedroom access restored and a less than 2-day amputee who is furious that we've imposed limits and boundaries and ruined her daily routine -- all is well in our household and we are starting to pull the pieces together a day at a time.

Thanks again for all of the support and excellent advice. Pepper acts like nothing even happened and once John and I get a couple of naps and cry out the remainder of our stress cries now that it's over we should be well on our way. We are grateful to you all for holding our hands (and paws) through this terrible ordeal.

Love to you all,

Jody, John and Pepper

Hi Holly and Purrkins,

Pepper is still doing really well. We have an appointment to get the stitches out on Tuesday. Her hair is starting to grow in really well. She's been in the cone for nearly seven weeks I feel certain that getting the cone off will make her the happiest girl in the world.

Thank you for checking in on her and for all of your support throughout the entire lead up to surgery and recovery. We are incredibly blessed to have found this community that is so willing got help pepper get through this. 

John, Jody, and Pepper