More Updates

So we went to see Savannah on Saturday, and got to talk to Dr. Bob about her as well.

First, Savannah. She's been getting more and more responsive to us (and people in general). They've been backing off on her pain medication so she's been more aware. She seems to really enjoy being brushed and didn't like us touching her back legs/flanks. She even purred a bit, or at least we think she was - it could've just been raspy breathing, it was hard to tell with the noise in the vet's office. I tried to get some pictures of her looking at us, since she had her eyes mroe open than any time I've seen her. Not sure how well they came out, though, haven't had a chance to look at the pics yet. I'll post those later if they're any good.

Talking to Dr. Bob: he's confident that once we bring the specialist on board (which we should be able to afford now - more on that later) he should be able to guarantee her a decent quality of life for the rest of her life. Yay! We asked him some of the more common questions people have been asking us, as well.

• "How old is she?" Hard to tell, since her mouth is all screwed up, but as far as he can tell from the amount of tartar in her mouth, she's around 5-6. He's guessing, though. That puts her at a lot older than I expected! She's only about 5 pounds, I figured she was a young cat.
• "Is she suffering?" His response to this was (roughly), "She's probably not happy, but suffering? No. I don't think so. You've got to remember, she was hit by a car, in the head. People who are hit by cars like this, we're happy when they can sit up in bed after a week or so. She's recovering, and it probably isn't pleasant, but she's not in ongoing pain." So that's a big comfort to us.

As for the specialist (and costs), the hospital has directly received over $1600 for her care - wow! That said, our bill as of the weekend was over $2K, before we bring the specialist in. We've been doing great with donations and I know we should be able to afford the specialist, but we don't know how much all of this is going to cost us. Please, if you're thinking about donating, send some money, even if it's only $5.

Pictures later!