vilakins | Tessa and PC-ness

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Tessa has osteoarthritis, and they say she's had it for a while. So why, I asked, did she rocket up and down the stairs and love to play, and why did it get so bad so suddenly? They couldn't answer the first bit, but apparently it's been aggravated by her either jumping off something too high, or getting into a fight. I have pain-killers for her and some glucosamine sprinkles for her food, though I already give her green-lipped mussel pills. She is not happy. She's curled up on a chair with Claudia cuddled up comfortingly to her, when she'd normally be in here demanding attention. I suppose that's good in one way since they said to make her rest for 3-4 days and I have no idea how to do that.

If she hasn't improved in a week or so, I have to take her in for x-rays.

Somewhat better

The hardware guy brought my work PC back today, but the motherboard still can't recognise the RAID. They unplugged one disc though so at least I have all my data back. However the virus checking software has been dorked, I can't run Outlook due to various bizarre error messages, and the PC doesn't show the internet connection under 'network connections', which may be the same problem. It's hard to test this though since the office's ISP was down all day. It's a step in the right direction though.

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Oh poor pud. Is cod-liver oil any good for that? I have a stiff aging pud and she loves fish oil but hasn't got anything as serious as that.

Claudia recovered really well from a similar injury a couple of years ago, so I'm hoping Tessa will too. They said the stuff I have for them is really good, so we'll see.

Poor little Tessa-pet, and poor you :( Hugs all round.

On the happier hand - you have your data back, that's a relief!

Thanks! Tessa must be feeling a bit better because she's enjoying cuddles again, so much so she goes all uncoordinated with pleasure.

Yes, that is a huge relief. :-) I just hope they sort out the new problems soon.

Aww, poor Tessa. I hope she does decide to take it easy (because, yeah, I can't see how you'd force her to rest, either) and that it helps.

I think she's feeling a bit better; she's all purry and cuddly now. :-) We'll carry her up and down the stairs till she's less limpy.

I'm sorry to hear about Tessa; I hope things improve for her (and your computer!).

Claudia had something similar a couple of years ago and recovered really well, so I'm hopeful.

Poor Tessa, I know how she feels. If there was any way you could get her to do them I'd tell you what my exercises are because my knees problems were diagnosed exactly as Tessa have. Only I was asked if I had fallen or started a new physical regime. Glucosamine is good as is fish oil, if she is like most of the cats I've known Tessa would probably prefer her fish oil in situ as mackerel, herring, salmon or trout. Tessa seems to have my attitude to pain too, which is natures way of telling you to stop what ever is causing the pain. Once she starts behaving normally again you will know she's better.

I've no idea what the technical terms you use mean but I get the gist, at least you have access to your data now even if the computer is not fully operational.

The girls adore tuna; I'll have to buy her some more. I've been told to go easy on it though as it's too rich for cats, so it's usually a special treat. I think their mussel pills and the glucosamine sprinkles will help them; the vets rec the stuff.

Tessa seems to be resting well which is what she's supposed to do, and she's gone all cuddly (more so even than usual) so either she's feeling a lot better or she's a bit high on the painkiller. :-)

Poor little Tessa.

Maybe you could ask the vet about cod liver oil? I don't know whether it would cause any problems, but it's something she might like the taste & you can just put eyedroppers of the liquid on her food if she likes it.

I'll ask when I take Claudia in for her op.

Hope the little asset is soon back on her paws again. Animals are sensible about being ill: they just sleep and rest until they are better don't they? No griping about daytime TV :-)

I don't think sensible applies to Tessa. She rested yesterday and spent all night on our bed in the same spot, but this morning she went straight outside and jumped the garden fence. She's back in her laundry bed and I hope she's decided it's best to stay there. I've put some litter by the door so she doesn't have to go outside.

Oh, poor thing - hugs for her and for you, too. I hope that the sudden aggravation will ease off again, and that she'll be ok in a steady state with careful diet/supplements. It always sounds as though you take care with their food, so I hope she'll be ok again soon.

As for your PC, getting the data back must be a huge relief - and I hope that it means you can run your programs now, too. Fingers crossed for your network connection, now....

I do: they get Hill's science diet with a teaspoon or two of soft food as a treat in the evening, with their mussel pills mixed in, and they're in good nick generally, glossy and playful.

I hope it's just something simple, like the hardware guy not knowing what to plug in. I can see the local network but that's all. I'll ring the guy responsible for that when I get to work.

I am thinking very positive thoughts for Tessa and Claudia and your PC, too.

Hopefully, it's a good sign that Tessa is more active than the vet seems to think she should be.

She just leaped the garden fence to my horror, but she went back to her basket shortly afterwards. There's a heat-pad in there so I hope she stays there.

Poor Tessa, I'm very sorry to hear that, but it's encouraging that Claudia's already overcome something like that, so I hope she'll pass on some tips.

I'm sure she will. She's been very sweet and comforting, cuddling up to Tessa without trying to start a play-fight.

Waaah! *cuddles you and Tessa* cats can be weird about their illnesses, possibly because purrs are such a good healing/pain-suppressing mechanism. Poor thing. *huggles you more and scritches Tessa behind ears*

Thanks. :-D She's become even more smoochy than usual and she's starting to move around a lot more, so I'm hoping she'll get over it like Claudia did.

HUGS to you and the cats.

Thanks! Tessa was not happy about being locked in this morning (after she went over the garden gate) but they said to enforce 3-4 days of rest.

Hope Tessa is better soon its worrying when one of your fur kids is ill!
Do you just have the two? We've kinda ended up with 6!

It so is!

We have three: the two girls, who are great friends, and Vic, a stray we adopted (see icon). I could have had a lot more as our house seems to be a magnet for strays, but so far I've found seven cats homes. :-) Vic was too wild to find a home for at the time, but he's a big, tame smoocher now.

Is that one of yours?

No just an icon. Our horde lurk on siliconshaman's LJ!
3 of ours are strays two were the "planned" and one was born here.

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