The latest Mego update. I am so in love with this kitty!
Another day of good news! Mego is increasingly active and hungry. Getting more demanding, too, especially when it comes to receiving the attention he feels he deserves. The only remaining area of concern is his red blood cell count, which is still low. But his paw pads and nose are nice and pink, so it could just be a matter of giving his body a bit more time to recover from this terrible ordeal.
He is doing so well that for the first time the vet mentioned the word "discharge." He probably is not leaving tomorrow, though, because after all he has been through Dr. DiFazio at VERG Brooklyn wants to make sure he is 100% stable. We already know that he will be going home with a temporary feeding tube in his neck and that he will require careful nursing for the next month or so of recovery. The nurses and veterinarians who read his post will understand when we say that it takes time to recover completely from sepsis.
Almost all the catheters are gone now. The bandage around one leg is to keep the "sampling" catheter clean and of course he has a bandage "collar" around his neck to hold the feeding tube in place. But doesn't our Peter of the Clouds look a whole lot brighter?
That name they've given him is because Mego means "the Clouds," and he was initially registered at the vet as Peter Mego.