worryworryworryworryworry

The Old Man, my eldest cat, was dropped off at the vet's this morning for his annual teeth~cleaning.

They said they'd call when they were done.

They haven't called...

Cats have to be lightly anesthetized for this procedure; and the older a cat gets, the more likely it is that there might be dire complications with the anethesia.

The Old Man is getting on, almost 14 years or so now, and so I'm a bit worried...

That's the darker side of the worst case scenario. On the lesser end of "what's the worst that can happen?" is the possibility that they didn't do the procedure because they found something in the blood test which merits a delay.

And then there's the possibility that they have to keep him for another day because he hadn't been fasted for long enough. That's what happened last year... ooo, and they looked at me like I was a bad cat mommy... but I followed their instructions, I did, I really did... so this year I fed him his last {! ~ whimper} meal earlier, and tried to exercise him a bit...

{The poor dear... to go on an empty stomach... even the mafia will wait until you're eating...}

But you see, last year, when they had to delay it a day, they called to let me know...

Maybe they just forgot. They probably forgot.

We'll be going by the vet tonight to pick him up.

Boy... will he be happy to see us...

Posted by edgar at November 5, 2003 04:51 PM