Poor Nora!

Yesterday Nora seemed afraid or unable to walk over the side of her cat bed to get her breakfast. I didn't realize anything was terribly wrong until I got home from work last night. I found Nora on the floor, rocking, unable to stand. I tried to coax her with food and she was able to sort-of stand, but her right front leg was off the ground, her paw curved back towards her body. She quickly laid back down.

I looked at the time. It was almost 7pm. In a panic, I thought it was Monday and my Vet was only open to 5pm, but I called anyway. Thankfully, it wasn't Monday, DUH!, and they were open 'til 7pm. I told dear-Jessica, the Vet Tech, what was going on and she said to bring Nora in right away.

Nora is not a tiny cat. I got her to lose about 3 pounds so far, but she still weighs 21 pounds. The only cat carrier within arms length, was a small one with a towel in it, so I pulled the towel and managed to get her inside the carrier, trying not to hurt her further.

We met the new Vet, Dr. Larry's partner, Dr. Mullen. She is adorable, I must say. In addition to adorable-ness, she was very careful, going over Nora's limbs, to make sure she hadn't blown a clot. Things looked good in that respect, but Nora has a fever. There were no other signs of trouble. They pulled blood and we'll know more later this morning. We have a theory about what happened, but I'll right about it later. It involves her brother, Nicky, him dry-humping her (the dirty beast!) and a possible abscess yet to form from him biting or scratching her.

Poor Nora. I really don't want to leave her and go to work. Anyone care to kitty-sit for me today?

More News later. Until then, think good thoughts for Nora today.