After speaking to the vet, Monty is doing really well. Purring his head off, eating drinking and he's off the fluids now. He's also been giving them little swipe for trying to touch his paw, which he does not like! Obviously that's his military bossiness! hehe.
Because he is an elderly boy, they are keeping him in for another night just to observe him and make sure he's 00% fit and well before he comes home. I have been assured that's it's just a precaution that they take with all oldies and having spoken to my welfare co-ordinator who is Monty's vet nurse I am confident that he's fine. I know she would tell me if there was even the slightest thing to worry about. Although I want him home, I am glad he is being well looked after and that they are thorough.
I am going on a Cats Protection training day at CP HQ (NCC) tomorrow which is til 3 plus an optional tour of behind the scenes at the adoption centre which I will obviously want to do... then we are going to pick him up afterwards along with little Smudge who is one of our CP cats who is having an eye op today. She'll go off to her fosterer when I bring Monty home.
Poor little smudge has had a really hard time of it... she isa sweet little tortie who has been living in the garden for ages after not being allowed in the house cause teh child's asmathic (excuse spelling!) She has a very poorly eye and it turns out that it was recorded on her vet records when she was a kitten that she would need surgery as soon as she was fully grown for this painful problem. She is 7 now and the poor mite was in agony when she came in and she's not even had a return visit, let alone the surgery she needed! She's calmed down into a lovely purry little cat now she's had some pain relief and she's having her eyelid operated on today. ggrrrr!!!! We are so pleased we have her in care now and I will be finding her a VERY caring home to spend the rest of her days in.
