Showing posts with label healing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label healing. Show all posts

Thursday, April 16, 2015

Thankful Thursday - Bruce Almighty on the mend

Mom bean here again to share with everyone the latest update on Bruce Almighty.


It’s been a week of continued healing for Bruce Almighty! His bandage changes and hydrotherapy continue to be done by the RHS Veterinary team every few days. The healing of his wounds on his front paws is going incredible well and his newly unwrapped back leg is looking near normal.
Bruce Almighty is feeling much stronger and is happiest when he is near people. He’s able to walk short distances with his front bandages and now spends his weekdays in staff offices and the weekends at home with his foster family. He’s a very eager talker and is always willing to roll over for a belly rub and ear scratches. He absolutely adores sitting on a warm lap and will stand up on his back legs and ask to be picked up knowing cuddles await him on the lap of his choice.
He’s also very good at telling us what he doesn't like! That includes being held or carried and being in his kennel too long. He’s been known to use his front paws to bang on the kennel doors to let RHS staff know he’s ready to come out and visit.
We simply adore his personality and it’s clear to us that Bruce Almighty will have no problems adjusting to pampered house cat status when he’s fully healed. We continue to receive so many kind messages of concern and caring for Bruce Almighty and want to share his and our thanks. At one point his future was so uncertain but he continues to defy the odds thanks to so many of you!

It's so wonderful to read how well he is doing.  I suspect there will be a long list of prospective parents waiting for the day he is ready for adoption. (It won't be me...Saku would never tolerate another kitty in the house!)

Thursday, April 9, 2015

Late breaking news


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We have lots of news to share on Bruce Almighty! Yesterday our Director of Veterinary Care, Dr. McCallum took him to Saskatoon to meet with the surgeons who have been advising us on his care. After sedation, they were able to check his wounds and are very pleased with how he is healing. They decided to trim the metacarpal bones on his front left paw that were exposed (this is the paw that was the most damaged). Doing this will aid in granulation tissue growing to cover the ends of what remains of his paw.

At this point we will be continuing with his regular bandage changes, hydrotherapy and antibiotics. It is expected that the new skin he is developing will cover his wounds within three to four weeks. At that point we’ll see how he can walk with no bandages and decide on the next course of treatment. Being that Bruce Almighty is a polydactyl and has a larger paw surface than a normal cat, he may have enough remaining paw pad tissue to walk on. If not, we will bring him back to the Veterinary College for grafting. The wounds on his back paw have healed to the point now that his leg doesn't need to be wrapped. As you can see in this photo, his skin is quite red but it’s not causing him discomfort. 


This makes us furry happy!  Go Bruce go!!!

Thankful Thursday - Bruce Almighty update

We wanted to share another Bruce Almighty update with efurrbody.  He is gone to another place to see special peeps to see if they can help him be able to use his front paws better.   We is sure he can use some extra purrs!

Mom bean says if there is another update this week she'll be sure to let us post that too.

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We hope everyone had a happy Easter! Bruce Almighty spent his holiday long weekend with one of our wonderful foster families. Last Thursday was a big day for him as our Veterinary team neutered, tattooed and micro-chipped him. Having proper pet identification is so critical if your pet is ever lost or stolen! He took the procedure (which is pretty fast) all in stride. We've noticed that he’s not too comfortable with being held. This is understandable given what was done to him. But he is a HUGE fan of neck and belly scratches and we are all too happy to oblige. Bruce Almighty has no problem flipping over onto his back and accepting all of the belly rubs he can get – just like a dog! He’s also enjoying all of the wonderful toys and blankets people have dropped off for him. Today he is undergoing another bandage change and our Veterinarians are suturing the wounds on his back toes closed. He will be traveling to Saskatoon on Wednesday to see the surgical specialists at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine. We are hopeful that they will be able to reconstruct his two front paws to increase his mobility. Please continue to send him all of your good thoughts! We know they are helping him in his recovery and we’ll share another update later this week.