Evil cat

The vet called.

First of all evil cat led me a merry chase all over the place trying to get her into the living room where I had blocked all minor exits. Fortunately she is too creaky to race around like she used to - at one point I would have just have had to abandon hope without a posse. Today I managed to get her into the room with just a growl, a hiss and a minor wound.

The vet brought a vet nurse, who had not been present at the previous examination. She now believes everything that they said. Evil cat is becoming a legend at the vet surgery. They managed to swaddle her front end in a towel, and the vet checked her back end while evil cat promised war and widdled on the carpet.

Apparently there is (probably) bony growths on evil cat's spine, which cause pain. When the vet was examining there the volume and threats increased. The vet gave her an injection of mild anti inflamatories and left some drops to put on food for a few days. It can't be more, because the medicine would affect evil cat's iffy kidneys. We just have to wait and see.

It would be helpful if they could do x rays, to check the spine. It would be helpful if they could get urine samples and blood samples to check the kidneys. The vet just doesn't think this is a good idea. Evil cat did not tolerate examination well. Apart from the scratches to the vets, the vet nurse and myself, it is pretty traumatic for evil cat, and not really good for her. Okay, I have a sneaking suspicion that she enjoyed the battle but at her time of life she would rather talk about it. Sedation would be a possibility if she was younger and fitter. She is elderly, creaky and would fight the sedative. And it would be incredibly traumatic for her.

Today evil cat survived to fight another day. However it is a case of watching and being aware and fussing.