Surgery has been scheduled for tomorrow morning. It's 12 hours away and we are all a little nervous... We had to switch back to the old vet for the procedure, because the current oncologist can't perform the surgery soon enough (he recommended that we switch), but both sides are fully up to date and in agreement about the procedure. We can also bring Tom home after 3 days, so I'm a lot more at ease. He is outside getting some air. We want to spend time with him but he's becoming increasingly irritable. He's also been struggling to walk, but insists on being outside in the evenings. His pain medication schedule is airtight, but I have a feeling it's hurting him a lot. A few hours and hopefully it'll be gone 🙂

Thank you all for your pawsitive energy - keep it pouring in! We are going to need a fair bit to get through the next few days.

Love to you all

Tripawd Power works!  Surgery was today, and it went very well according to the vet and he didn't lose much blood at all!

Now for recovery.. They don't have 24 hour care but they assured us that someone drops by every hour to check in.. my heart is with Tom right now. They also said that bringing him home within 3 days is the best case scenario, they'd prefer to keep him there for a week and monitor him in case he looks like he isn't healing or the wound begins to display signs of infection. I want nothing more than for him to be home.. need some more of all your magical pawsitivity to get him home haraka (quickly)!

We are just back from a visit, it's tough seeing him without the leg for the first time, but this morning we could all tell he was in miserable pain, and I'm so glad the bad leg is out! And he managed to do a full turn and walk without falling at all! We are going to see him again tomorrow morning, and take him some treats and a fresh blankie in case this one smells like vet.

Hugs to you all and thank you for your incredible support!

Hi everyone, Paka Tom here    After being a very fussy kitty and refusing to eat or drink water for a full day, the vets decided to let me come home! Or maybe it was because they got tired of Mama visiting so often   I'm so happy to be back - I have my own room with squishy mats on the floor in case I fall, but I haven't stumbled at all yet. I drank loads of water, a little milk, ate a bite of wet food, and made Mama clean out the bottom corner of the closet and put blankies in for me. I think I purred for at least 10 minutes straight before I fell asleep there.

Mum won't let me out of the room, but I don't mind. She's here in case I need anything. I like my little cozy space, I've been resting all day and it's nice to be surrounded by familiar smells.

Purrkins has surpassed anything I could of imagined or hoped for him he isn’t disabled !Differently ABLED! You will see Tom will show you !!

I'm already starting to show Mum that I can move so comfortably without that dreadful leg. It's making me even more creative with how I sit down and arrange myself!

Thank you all for your Tripawd Power! I felt it and it kept me and Mum strong throughout the past weeks and I know it got me home early too  Mama is busy doing joyous backflips around the house, but she'll let you know in case there's anything new with me. Purrs and face-rubs to all of you!