This big guy here is Maximus, my friend Linda’s cat. He’s a big dude, a tough dude, but lately he’s been having a rough time. A few weeks ago, he had a reaction to an antibiotic and stopped eating. Yesterday, Linda took him in to have a feeding tube inserted into his neck. As soon as she got him home, it popped out, and she called me to drive them to the animal emergency room so she could hold him. We waited a loooonggg time, but he did really well. He only growled at the dogs a few times. It was hard on Linda though, especially holding him in her lap: he weighs nearly 20 pounds!
The vet sent him home bandaged, and I’m not sure how he’s doing today. But I thought I’d tell this story, because I know you cat-lovers out there will pray for him. He is a total sweetheart of a cat, and looking at his gigantic furry paws is enough to melt my heart. And it’s always hard for the owner to watch her companion suffer and not know how to help him.
That’s so sad. Poor Maximus. Such trauma. This reminds me of Ada’s experience. Poor kitty.