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These pics show how big her tumor was.
The tumor was about golf ball size and hard and it didn't move around like her last tumor. (The tumor she had in March was about dime sized and rolled a little under her skin.)
These pics are from October 11, 2015.
I'm off to go get some supper, but I will continue to post some more pictures of my sweet Brandy when I get back home! 🙂
Brandy sleeping on the quilt that my momma made me! 🙂
This pic is from September 29, 2016.
I captioned this photo, "Look at this amazing photo!
I was trying to snap pics of her, but she kept facing away, so I started scratching her chin!
This shot is so awesome! 😀
It's now one of my favorite pics of her! 🙂 "
Just look at that Pretty nose! 🙂
This pic if from October 6, 2016.
The day after I brought Brandy home from her amputation surgery.
She was getting tired and about to take a nap. 🙂
This pic is from October 26, 2016.
I can't figure out how to copy the video from my facebook to here like I can the pictures.
So, I posted the link of the video.
Hopefully yall can view the video.
(Pardon my loud crying at the end.)
This video is her walking for the first time since she came home.
She was walking about 5:45p cst.
This video is from October 26, 2016.
I captioned this photo, "Walked into Brandy's room and found her laying like this. lol. But hey, at least she moved! 🙂 "
Considering she didn't really move much the first day, this was nice to see.
Notice the rug wasn't in the video? Well, it wasn't.
We have tile/hardwood throughout our whole house. We had this rug in the living room.
Well, Brandy hadn't really been walking. My sis said it was probably because of having no traction
in her room and suggested that I put the rug in her room, so I did. It really helped her out. 🙂
This pic is from October 27, 2016.
On Friday, October 28th, I posted:
Well, I have some not-so-great news on Brandy. I am having to take her back to the vet. She will stay there over the weekend.
She has not moved since I gave her the meds this morning. And her front legs were twitching. She has also not eaten, drank, nor went to the bathroom since Tuesday evening or Wednesday morning.
At the vet, she will be given IV fluids. They will also try to get her to eat, drink, and potty.
Please keep Brandy in your prayers! 💜
This was about 1:40p cst.
On Monday, October 31st, I posted:
Just called the vet. Got some good news. Brandy has been drinking water and trying to groom herself. She still hasn't ate yet. She's not wanting her dry food, so they are trying some wet food on her. I'll hear from them later today. 🙂
This was about 9:15a cst.
Also on Monday, October 31st, I posted:
Brandy still hasn't eaten.
I get to go visit her at about 5p-5:30p. Yay! 🙂
She has started trying to move around though. 🙂
Hopefully with seeing me, it will help her eat. Maybe she is homesick. Idk.
She might stay the night if she doesn't start eating.
This was posted about 2:15p cst.
This is when I went to go visit Brandy. (She still had her IV in, in case they needed to keep her longer.)
She finally purred for the first time since her amputation surgery. This was such a happy moment!
I am really going to miss her purrs! She had the best purrs ever! :'(
This pic is from October 31, 2016.
It was posted about 5:20p cst.
On Monday, October 31st, I posted:
Well, guess what?!?!
I have a kitty at home with me! 🙂
She still has not ate. (Well, she was hand fed at the vet, but she hasn't ate out of a bowl.)
I asked the vet with if I could bring her home, thinking she may eat at home.
They kept the IV in her. And I will have to take her back to the vet tomorrow to get that checked on. (They are wanting to check it every day she has it in.)
Hopefully she will eat tonight and have it removed tomorrow!
Brandy did go potty at the vet in a litter box and she did dink water at the vet (and has now drank water at home.)
She was actually purring for me at the vet! ♡ 🙂
And she was wanting so much loving at the vet.
(Which of course I gave her! :* )
She is walking pretty good at home!
I am so happy to have my baby girl at home again! 💜 🙂
This was posted about 6:20p cst.
Also on Monday, October 31st, I posted all of this:
And Brandy now weighs 13.5 lbs! 🙂
She was 15.2 before her surgery.
This was posted about 6:25p cst.
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Brandy is laying on her bed and I'm just scratching her, petting her, and talking to her and she is purring like crazy!
This was posted about 6:25p cst.
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Just came into Brandy's room to put her wet food in a bowl and noticed she had some wet in her litter box.
Brandy went pee in her litter box! Yay! 😀
This was posted at about 6:45p cst.
(Also this was posted on this forum. 🙂 )
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