Weigh In Time

Well i tried to take Gizmo in for his 2 week weigh in last Wednesday, but that sneaky little kitty decided to hide under my bed and not come out. And since Wednesdays are the 'scheduled' weigh days i had to wait until i had time to take him to the vet. I was going to take him in tomorrow morning, but my last class of the day got cancelled so i was able to get home before the vet closed.

Gizmo weighs 12.2 pounds which is GREAT. He lost a pound in 3 weeks. Right now he is at a healthy weight for his size, but because of his hip they would prefer her be on the smaller size to help healing and prevent any complications with the recovery. Speaking of recovery, Gizmo has been doing really well. I don't have a picture to show but his hair is starting to get longer and soft. He is still limping more than i would like and favoring the leg, but he is getting around perfectly. He has finally started to roll over on his back to get his belly rubbed and he will spread both of his back legs apart (which sounds like nothing but that means that the hip is being able to pivot and it doesn't hurt him). I'm hoping things continue to get better with time.

While i was at the vet i also picked up a supplement for Gadget. I forget the name but it is a powder form of L-Lysine. I'm not sure if i mentioned this before but Gadget a form of the Feline Herpes Virus. In his case his eyes just get a little goopy from time to time. And i am not a bad kitty mom, i had Gadget vaccinated against the virus when he was a baby kitten and got all the other shots as well, but it turned out that he was born with the virus or was exposed to it before he was old enough to be vaccinated. But luckily, his case isn't as severe as it could have been. But the powder is supposed to suppress the virus from surfacing. The virus is one that will always be with him, but sometimes it becomes suppressed as they grow up. But since he is still a kitten i wanted to prevent it from surfacing now, hopefully to increase the likelihood of it suppressing when he's older.

Unless anything unexpected happens i shouldn't be posting again for another 2 weeks-when Gizmo gets weighed again. Cross your fingers that his diet keeps working!!!