I went , and saw, Tibee today… I was so elated to see that his health is continuing to improve. He’s now standing easily on his own, keeping down solid food, and when I was holding him in my arms, petting him, he actually began to purr. I haven’t heard him purr since Thursday, and it was music to my ears.

I got a chance to meet Dr Hanks briefly, and my hopes that she’d do her utmost to help us save Tibee was definitely confirmed. It’s obvious that she has a great deal of compassion for her patients, as well as for their Human families. That’s something that the Vets at the emergency clinic lacked in spades. It was like they wanted us to just give up, and euthanize Tibee, without even attempting to try to save his life. We completely understood that Tibee was gravely ill, but we weren’t going to let him go without giving him a fighting chance. Thankfully we only had to deal with them for two days. I would have definitely transferred him to another veterinarian hospital if there was any other alternative, their attitude was that bad.

As animal owners, Pookey, and I, both feel that we have a responsibility to do our best to care for our cats, and that doesn’t change when it becomes expensive, or inconvenient. They’re our children in little cat suits, though I feel more strongly about this than Pookey does, but what do you expect, he’s a guy. lol.

One of his biggest problems right now is that the inside of Tibee’s mouth hurts from sores he developed in it, and thankfully Dr Hanks started him on medication to aid in healing them as soon as she took over his care. Once that’s under control he’ll be able to start eating on his own, and won’t have to be force fed. I was able to feed him some, as well as being able to entirely clean the fur around his mouth that was caked with dried saliva. He complained some, but I think he was happy that his mouth was finally clean after being icky for so long. The only downside to my visit was when I had to leave. *sighs sadly* I miss my boy, and can’t wait for him to finally come home.


The Tibee Saga: Part 1, Part 3…