Hey everyone! 

So I dropped Howl off at the vet on Sunday and got a few hours of sleep. His episodes have gotten better, he now jumps and flinches several times throughout the day but he is not thrashing anymore. We have decreased his buprenorphine dosage and increased the gabapentin dosage. I asked about seizures, etc and the vet said they weren't like seizures. 

His kitty brother, Ace, has been very worried about him. When Ace has an episode, he comes running to check on him and sniffs him. Now Ace isn't eating anything (even his favourite, delicious human food), so now I am about to head to the vet with him.

We appreciate everyone's concern and healing energy! I will let you guys know how we do!

Our house is finally getting back to normal.

After a very stressful week, it seems that the house is calming down. I am weaning Howl off of his meds and his stitches come out this Thursday. His actual incision recovery has gone so smoothly, I joke around and say that the surgeon must have superglued the incision and then stitched it because I have no idea how the stitches haven't been ripped out with his episodes at the beginning of recovery. His fur is slowly but surely growing back (It's going to take some time since he has long fur). 

The best part of this whole thing is Howl's demeanor. Prior to the surgery, the second he heard someone at the door, he would run and hide. He was also sometimes nippy and grumpy and he played sometimes, but spent a lot of time laying around the house. Now, I have a hard time keeping him calm. When people come over, he no longer runs and hides. He LOVES playing and running around the house carrying his toys in his mouth. He has taken it upon himself to climb the Christmas tree, and to open almost every present that I had wrapped under the tree. Just in general, he seems so happy and like a different kitten than he was prior to the amputation surgery. He threw all of my pre-op fears out of the window; He gets around better than he ever did before. There was no adjustment period, the second he got home after his surgery, he was walking around like he had always had three paws. He uses the litter by himself no problem (I had gotten a shallow litter box and cut the one side really low so it was easy to get in, and he never even used it, he went straight to his regular litter box). He cleans himself. And finally, he is SO happy. 

As for his brother, Ace. We have him on appetite stimulants and he's eating and getting back to his normal self. He is still a little off but I think he just needs a little more time to adjust. 

Now here's a bunch of photos: