Louis Catorze went to vet visit last week, for a blood test following the increase in his Methimazole dose. I’d originally booked him in for mid-September; however, since he was starting to itch, I decided to bring forward the blood test and give him his steroid injection at the same time.
I gave Catorze the prescribed dose of Gabapentin prior to the appointment, as he can’t be trusted do it sober. The poor little sod was quite meek and compliant throughout the initial examination – I’m sure that it helped to have a male vet – but, when it was blood test time, any prior goodwill that he may have had vanished into the air like dew on a summer’s morning, and he fought the vet with every ounce of his being. YES, DESPITE BEING DRUGGED.
The vet couldn’t believe it when I told him that Catorze had been Gabapentinned. He really is the Michael Myers of the cat world (Catorze, I mean, not the vet).
As a result of his fightiness, they couldn’t extract blood from the first choice site (his neck) and were forced to take it, instead, from his arms. This has left Catorze with a very impressive set of prison tattoos: a neck one and two matching sleeves.
Anyway, the results came in the next day, and his thyroid readings are down but still not at a normal level. Catorze has also broken his own record of Lowest Weight Ever and is now 2.68kg. Any chubbing up that he previously did has also evaporated like that morning dew.
We have to repeat the blood test in a few weeks, this time after a stronger dose of Gabapentin. Until then, his dose of Methimazole has changed from 0.06ml morning and evening, to 0.07ml in the morning and 0.11ml in the evening. Yes, DIFFERENT MATHS (as opposed to the same Maths repeated), with even more hideously unround numbers than those previously used. Good grief.
So both the males of the household currently require medical attention and, somehow, I have keep the pair of them in order. The fun never stops here at Le Château.
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