Good morning...Chloe is doing well and is scheduled to get her stitches out tomorrow morning. The surgery area looks very clean and no signs of infection or swelling. She hasn't worn a cone or onesie because she just refused to keep them on. Fortunately, she didn't mess with the stitches. When she would clean around the area, I would put a warm washcloth on the area and that seemed to make her happy. My only concern is she has no interest in drinking water. Prior to surgery, she loved to drink water and would sometimes put her paw in the bowl and lick the water off of her paw. Now, she has no interest in it. I have put her in front of her favorite bowl and other bowls with no luck. I gave her tuna juice which she drank and added water to wet food which she ate. Is she just being stubborn?

Sherri

Chloe's stitches were removed this morning! The vet said everything looks great and she wasn't overly worried about the water intake since Chloe is currently eating wet food. She wants me to call her in a week with an update. The full pathology report is not back, however, she said that Chloe was classified as a level 1 which is the lowest stage on a scale of 1 - 4. Also, the lymph nodes were clear and they got a wide margin by removing the entire limb. So, overall, great news!!! Obviously, I will continue to monitor her progress as we progress to the new normal!

Chloe update - 2.5 weeks post surgery - I am so happy to report that Chloe is doing so well!Her fur is growing back in the shaved areas and she is starting to look like Chloe again, minus 1 leg. She started eating dry food and drinking water once her stitches were removed. I think they probably felt weird and made her uncomfortable. At this point, all of the residual medication should be out of her body, so I am sure that helps as well. I had noticed her pupils are back to normal size and the red streaks in her eyes are gone. She is acting more like pre-surgery Chloe now...even had a little catnip last night and was feeling no pain...LOL! She surprised us by heading down the hallway and jumping in the tall Rubbermaid tote that is a litterbox all on her own!  She got in and out with no issue. Who needs a handicap box? Not Chloe! She was twitching a bit last night and it dawned on me that she can't scratch the side that is missing a leg. I went over and gave her a good rubdown and she was happy with that. I did buy one of those arch scratchers, but she isn't interested. I will keep encouraging her to use it, but you know how stubborn cats are! I also got some of those corner wall scratchers but I haven't hung them yet. Overall, I am super happy and am not regretting the decision to take her leg. She doesn't care, and it will increase the time we have with her tremendously.