Behold the Milky Wave!

[tripperfunster]

Oh man, this poor cat has PROBLEMS!

To re-cap, for those of you who missed the first post: I found 'Milky Wave', in the COLD, by the side of the highway last week.

The vet did a Feline Lukemia test, which came up negative. Yay!
The shaved off his mats and burrs. Yay! And fixed him. Yay!

He has pretty severe frost-bite of the ears, feet, hocks and tail, and will proably be dropping body parts around my house over the next few weeks. Not yay.

He is deaf. Not a surprise, but not yay.

He has the runs. See above.

He has had two seizures in the last two days. Super not yay.

It seems quite painful for him to walk, although he does. He also makes a funny tap-tapping sound, since his feet are scabbing over. He is really sweet, and loves to be scratched and patted, and if we can get him over these seizures, I think he will make a lovely addition to our home. I'm hoping they are due to stress + infection + malnutrition, but we'll see. All white animals seem to often have extra medical issues.


His eyes are actually blue, not red, and although he looks like a mangy lab rat right now, he has the potential to be a very pretty kitty. Almost like the one that Dr. Evil owns! :D



I've warned the kids that he's not quite out of the woods yet. Infection and/or these seizures could still be his downfall. We're keeping him in a nice big cage, in the kitchen for now. We let him out lots, for love and pats, of course, but until his runs are cleared up, and until he's more healed, I think it will be better for him.

Thanks to everyone for all your well-wishes!

Comments

[whatthefuckbenj.livejournal.com]

I hope he'll be better soon! &hearts

[djin7.livejournal.com]

OMG. Poor thing, jesus. You are such a soft heart for bringing him home and helping him. *squishes you both*

[garryowen.livejournal.com]

OMG! That is one pathetic looking cat! He is lucky to have found you. Hope the little booger pulls through!

[r-grayjoy.livejournal.com]

Aww, poor kid! He's a fighter, that's for sure. I hope he makes it through. He'd definitely become a beautiful boy, even, er, minus a few body parts... Yeah, I'm sure Big Cage is the best place for him until he's healed up. Although he seems pretty confident wandering around the house.

[cunningplan.livejournal.com]

aw, poor kitty! I hope he hangs in there!

[drcjsnider.livejournal.com]

Oh the poor baby... i hope he has a full recovery :)

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

poor kitty!

[kath-ballantyne.livejournal.com]

Oh what a sweetheart.
I hope he can pull through.
Sounds like he's in the best place he can be.
I've teared up looking at him.
I'm a sucker for a pet sob story. But then that's how we've ended up with our 6 critters.

[outofthisplace.livejournal.com]

Aww, poor darling. I feel like you just run an animal rescue out of your home =D Which is wonderful.

[euclase.livejournal.com]

aw poor kitty

he looks like he's been through hell *hugs*

[coffee-n-cocoa.livejournal.com]

Poor kitty! He's been through so much! It's good he's still so affectionate, though!

[1scout.livejournal.com]

The poor little baby. I'm sure he'll be alright.

[gmonkey42.livejournal.com]

D'aww! Poor messed-up kitty! That is so kind of you to take him in and get him all better!

[leela-cat.livejournal.com]

Poor kitty. And lucky kitty for being taken in by you. I hope he feels better soon.

[joanwilder.livejournal.com]

Awww, I'm rooting for him! He's a very lucky cat, that the trippz-cab found him, even if he doesn't make it. There's a special reward in heaven for this sort of thing, although I'm not sure about it balancing out the other place they have for teh porn....

[archea2.livejournal.com]

Hello kitty, and fingers crossed for your recovery.

[xenafox.livejournal.com]

I hope the kitty pulls through! I've no idea what the seizures could be about... x.x I hope it's just stress of what he's gone through. Although I suppose if he has epilepsy it's not that bad, my boyfriends dog had it for life, and lasted til he was 14.

Kittyyyy ♥ 1

[pern-dragon.livejournal.com]

Aww, poor kittykins. But yay for him getting a home and care! And awesome karma to you for giving it to him. :)
We found an all white kitten with blue eyes in our backyard when we lived in Hawaii, and his head was stuck in a chain link fence. So we took him in, and he ended up being named Badness before we figured out that he was deaf! LOL Oh well, at least he couldn't hear us apparently casting aspersions on his behavior. *snort*

[majmunka.livejournal.com]

Poor guy, I hope he will get better.

[synn.livejournal.com]

Poor kitty! I hope he makes it through okay, but if nothing else, at least he will have a very loving home at the end, and that's worth a lot. Many kudos to you for actually investing the time and care in him, where many would not have.

[antisocial-nerd.livejournal.com]

Awww, so sweet. Hope he gets better :(

[sra-danvers.livejournal.com]

Oh, poor thing! I hope get well soon!

[stupid-drawings.livejournal.com]

Cute/ugly

[accioslash.livejournal.com]

Um, and you had the nerve to make fun of me for adopting the 7 year old cat of enormous annoyance?

Poor kitty! *offers treaties*

[the-reda.livejournal.com]

Aww, that poor kitten. I am glad he has a good home now.

[florence-craye.livejournal.com]

awww, he looks like a teddy bear right now. I hope he recovers! *hugs to all of you*

[canonfodder123.livejournal.com]

He's got such a sweet face, poor little bugger - hope all goes well!

[tjs-whatnot.livejournal.com]

eeeep

He looks so scary delicate, but yes, I can see that he will be gorgeous when healthy once again.

*wishes well*

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Aw, that's too bad. :( Good for you, though.

I usually look at scenarios like that as; Even if they die, at least it without suffering.

I would have put him down if he were positive for FeLuc, but lucky for us, he was negative.

He is doing better, but still in a lot of pain. It is surprising how long it takes for body parts to fall off! One of his ears is half off (and dangling), the end of his tail is as hard as a rock, but seems to have no plans on going anywhere soon, and his hocks are still very scabby and gross.

he's on meds for the seizures now, but they take a while to have an effect. *fingers crossed*

[lucianwolf.livejournal.com]

Thank you for being a wonderful person. Your existence makes the world a better place.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Believe me, I'm no angel, but I definitely have a soft spot when it comes to animals!

[dickgloucester.livejournal.com]

Here via Droxy. Thank heavens you found this cat. Bless you.

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

Poor kitty. This totally breaks my heart :-(

[lunalovepotter.livejournal.com]

I was referred to this post by luvscharlie. You are doing such a wonderful thing for this cat, taking him in and giving him the love he deserves. It gives me hope just knowing there are people like you out there who really care about animals. I hope he recovers enough from his injuries to have a good, long life.

Side note: It is true about white animals having more medical issues. My sister has a white cat who has recently suffered her third recurrence of skin cancer; she's had her ears partially amputated because of it. But she's a fighter, thank goodness. She's made it 14 years so far, and I expect she's still got a few more years in her yet. :)

[gichigami.livejournal.com]

Thank you for taking care of this poor guy. I hope that he heals up quickly.

[leoparda.livejournal.com]

Wow... what a difference a haircut makes!