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Only one stitch is still protruding slightly from the corner. As it moves outward, I trim it down but I'm wondering how long it'll be until it's gone. It doesn't bother him at all though.

He will be a year old next week and aside from his first 2 weeks outside, he's been an indoor cat. The weather here went from cold to hot so quickly that we couldn't have the windows open but we finally caught a break and it's 70° out. The windows are open today and it's driving him absolutely bananas! He races from one window to the next, clawing at the screens and sniffing like crazy. If the door opens, he appears out of nowhere and tries to escape. Boy is driving me batty!! But I'm glad he's loving the fresh air. Honestly so am I.

(This picture is of him resting for the first time all day)

I had a lot of fun making this!

Which one is your favorite?

Which one is your favorite?

Currently occupying my chair and will only accept food offerings as a good enough reason to move!

Coraline is so cute and goofy

My vet said he needs to wear the cone for 2 weeks and after that it should be healed enough to take it off. I have been following her instructions strictly but my mother seems to think it's unnecessary and every time I leave the room to do a chore or take a shower, she has taken his cone off and I find him wandering alone through the house! It makes me so mad! I keep telling her there are 2 rules, 1 that he can't mingle with the other cats yet and 2, keep the damn cone on unless he's eating, drinking, or napping in your lap (or taking a quick photo). I've tried to explain that even though it's looking nice, all it takes is one good scratch for him to open that incision right up. If I had it my way, he'd wear the cone for 3 weeks for good measure. Please tell me I'm not being an over anxious nutcase, as she seems to think I am.

I drew these and cut them from foam. Going to start on painting details and making the faces tomorrow before adding ribbons and fall leaves and whatever other autumn decor suits my fancy. Which is better, scary faces or silly ones?

Just a bit of bloody ooze from the nose. Gabapentin twice a day for pain but he doesn't seem to be feeling awful. Mostly being silly and cuddly (and a little feisty!)

My adult son made a surprise visit. He walked straight in the door and demanded "Where's my little fart?!) I said "oh didn't come by to see mom huh?" He goes "nope literally just came by to pet my little man." He gave him some cuddles and then left! No love for mom! Lmao It makes me smile to think how much the whole family loves our Mr. Whipsy 💞

Whipsy had his enucleation yesterday.

Surgery went great. After surgery? Not so much. He was extremely agitated. When the vet brought him out, his face was really bloody because he kept bashing his face against the carrier bars, despite wearing an e-collar. I was horrified! The vet said he basically went feral on them upon waking from surgery. Thankfully his stitches remained intact but he looked scary awful all bloody like that. I scooped him up and he settled a little bit but as soon as the vet tried to clean his face, he was all snarls again. I said I'd just clean him up at home and placed him back in his carrier so I could rush outta there.

The front desk was having issues processing payment, all the while my baby keeps banging his head on the sides of the carrier, getting blood everywhere. I finally snarled myself saying "Either figure out this payment NOW or I'm just leaving and getting him home because he is battering his own face in!"

Once home, things got better. The bleeding stopped and miraculously the surgery site wasn't damaged. He was still super agitated but he was in his safe room with either myself, my daughter or my mom with him at all times.

Today is a total turnaround. My sweet boy is back to being himself. He's eating, drinking, and being cuddly (and goofy from the pain meds although he's orange so he's always kinda goofy!) I don't think what happened with him yesterday at the vets is normal. I do know that anesthesia can have these types of behavioral aftereffects but the way the vets office handled it is something I'm very upset about.

Surgery is a little over a week away! He looks so cute in his cone and he's racing around playing like it's not even there 😁