Sphynx Kitten Pierre Gets Patched Up
Posted in Sphynx Cat News, Sphynx Kittens Care on 23. Dec, 2009
Well Sphynx Kitten Pierre continues to be in the wars. 2 days after being restitched a large lump appeared over night on his right side ribs. It was off to the vet again and he had a good poke around. The lump didn’t hurt Pierre and he put up with the prodding and squeezing with his usual stoicism (the vet’s words too).
It couldn’t be determined by just feel whether it was a hernia, or dead/dying tissue. If it was a hernia it would need to be fixed, if it was dead dying tissue then it would need to be watched to see it didn’t get any bigger. We took him home to watch over night.
In the morning it was obvious it was larger and had a pointy defined look to it, so it was back to the vet. He agreed it was larger and we decided to have it excised and if a hernia, repair work done. Again the 4 oclock phone call was good news with the tissue being determined to be necrotic rather than a hernia and he could come home again that night.
Poor Pierre was coned permanently as the stitches on this last wound are external and are up under his right front leg. He has since developed further “lumps” around the abdomen where he sustained more bites and around the ripped part of his stomach skin. The vet is happy for us to watch these over Christmas and keep the antibiotics up to ensure there is no infection.
Pierre is purring and starting to talk again, but loud noises and going outside are still causing him to wriggle and stare about. I am sure the cone is adding to his anxiety as it block most of his view of anything. I am sure he will be very happy in the new year when the cone and the stitches are removed.
