Good Thoughts for Charles

[Not Afraid]

Next Monday morning (3/12) Charles is going in for major surgery on his leg and hip. Apparently Charles had had a broken leg and it was either not set properly or not set at all. As a result, his leg has been grinding away in his hip joint and is now causing him lost of pain. They are going to go in and shave off the top of the bone and let the leg/hip joint re-built itself.

We're doing this while we are gone because he'll need 2 weeks of isolation, followed by 2 weeks of limited movement (and no contact with other cats) followed by 2 more weeks of limited activity. by doing this while we're in London, he'll have about 9 days of isolation at the Vet.

I'm worried, of course. He's FIV positive and he'll be around other animals and may catch something - and when he gets sick, he gets really sick. However, we've been giving him interferon for about a month now lysine even longer and both should help his lack of immunity. And, he will be at the vet, so if anything happens, he can be treated. But, it's still scary. Not risky, jut scary.

So, come next Monday, good thoughts for Charles would be appreciated. He's such a good boy - one of the best cats I've ever met - and I'd love it if he could enjoy his pampered life a bit longer.