Good morning. Guess I've been a little E and T. I arrived at my parents on Wednesday morning and discovered that Phoebe the cat is much sicker than they led me to believe. They said it was just her eye that had a problem, but her balance was clearly off, she was falling down a lot when she tried to walk, her face was swollen, and her eye shut, but when I lifted the lid you could see her eye is fine.
I don't think she was getting all her antibiotics on time.. Anyway, I told them we had to take her to the vet since the antibiotics clearly weren't working. We were able to get in right away (small towns are good for that) and it looks like things may be a lot worse for poor Phoebe than an infection. In fact she doesn't have a temperature and has an appetite, so it probably isn't an infection. To make a long story short, she either has a really bad abcess or a tumor right behind her right eye. It's right where her ear canal and balance center are and where 12 different nerves come it. She's on some other medication until Monday, and if that doesn't work he'll do an x-ray to see how much the bone structure is impacted.
It doesn't look good for poor old Phoebe. She's tiny, skin and bones. I feel so sorry for her. Vibes would really be appreciated
