Please send your good thoughts for dear Rupert today. This morning I’m dropping him off at the vet for a little surgery.
He’s had a benign cyst on his neck since I adopted him. At first it was nothing to worry about, but it’s been slowly growing. Before I went to Mom’s on the weekend, I was contemplating booking him an appointment to see if we should do anything about it.
When I got home on Sunday, the cyst was VERY noticeable from a distance (which it wasn’t before – as it hid in his fur). When I felt it, it was about four times bigger than it had been when I left, and I could tell it was just basically a fluid-filled sac.
Monday was a holiday here, but I was definitely going to call the vet on Tuesday. But, Monday afternoon, I checked on him in the bedroom and noticed the quilt was wet… it didn’t take long to discover the cyst had ruptured.
Thankfully, it was mostly just clear fluid, and I got him cleaned up and put some anti-biotic ointment on it. And first thing Tuesday, I called the vet and they asked me to bring him that afternoon.
The gave him another cleaning, and some antibiotics, and asked me to bring him back in on Friday. So today they are going to clean everything out, and do a little surgery to make sure the cyst doesn’t come back and he doesn’t get an infection. They are also cleaning his teeth, since they have to put him under for the cyst – kind of a two for one deal!
But he should be home in the afternoon, a little mad at me, but much better off!
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We just went through that with one of ours. It was on his face and it was pretty nasty. It cleared up pretty well after a few weeks and a lot of antibiotics.
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Sending all the good and healing juju Rupert’s way. Hoping today goes quickly and easily for him.
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Prayers for Rupert 🙏🙏
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Sending all the good vibes Rupert’s way.
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Praying for sweet Rupert today. I know we’ll all be eagerly waiting for your next message telling us how well he did.
Blessings,
Betsy
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Rupert, purring that you return home with shiny teefs, a secured and forgettable cyst, and all the hugs and smoochies you can stand.
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Praying for sweet Rupert today. Hope everything goes well and he makes a quick recovery!
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Purrayers and Power of the Paw to sweet Rupert !
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Awwww! I hope you have him home already and he will be bounding around very soon!
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Poor Rupert! We had a kitty with a bite wound that got infected and made a big lump…we had to carry that kitten around in a towel for days…he was so pathetic and would meow mournfully if we put him down:(
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