I don’t know if you remember last week I posted about my cat, Corbyn, getting antibiotics and everything because he had a swollen leg.  Well it got all better, but it was swollen up again this morning.  So I took him back to the vet.  He has to go for an x-ray and exploratory surgery on Thursday because they think he may have cracked one of his leg bones (can’t remember what they’re called).  It’s going to cost at the most £200, for anaesthetic, xray, antibiotics etc.  That’s $400.  That’s a lot of money.  Of course we’re going to pay it, how could we not - he’s my baby boy cat.  But still, I’ve kind of got that “woah, long slow whistle” thing going on right now.  Bad timing, that’s all.

However, we’re going to have a few disrupted nights tonight and Wednesday.  Because cats wash injured areas regularly he may burst the skin.  This would mean open wound, blood, smell etc. which we would have to bathe regularly.  But we need to keep an eye on him(hence getting up during the night) because if he bursts it and we don’t wash it as soon as possible he could get an even worse infection.  It would help if it burst because that would get rid of the pus and stuff in his leg, but obviously, it’s messy.

Isn’t it ironic though?  We couldn’t afford the monthly pet insurance fees, especialy since both of us have had cats all our lives and never any major problems, but now we have to pay a lot for this.  Which we wouldn’t have had to pay for if we’d pay for insurance.

Anyway, sorry I know it’s not a lovely subject but boyfriend is asleep after his early shift and parents are at work so I’ve not really got any one I can tell right now!  Thanks for listening.