Doris Kat was limping around alot last night. Looks like she's injured one of her back legs somehow. I took her in to the vet this morning. Turns out she has a torn ligament on her back right knee. It may have been this way for a long time (kinda explains her wonky hind quarters) and has just gotten a bit worse recently from a new injury, age, etc.
They could possibly repair the joint surgically, but with her age and asthma, the vet does not recommend that option.
The vet is still very much concerned that we still give Doris steroids for her asthma and has suggested, if we can get her to take it, an apparatus that would enable her to be given her meds with an inhaler. This would send the steroids directly to her lungs and enable smaller, less harmful, doses. I don't know if we could really get her to hold still long enough to hold a mask to her face for around 8 breaths but it's under discussion.
Purple Punk Rocker from Atlanta, Georgia. Now just a faded Goth Ghost in High Point, North Carolina. Missing my old haunts while looking for a new one.
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