2011 Popcorn is a very lucky lady to be alive. A lady was driving
down a country road and saw, what she thought, a dead cat laying
in the middle of the road. To her horror as she started to drive past,
the cat raised its head. Bless her, she stopped and took the cat to
her house. She said it did not appear to have been hit but was
obviously blind (the cat has no eyes at all) The next day she realized
she was in over her head and made some phone calls. One of them
was to us.
Poor little Popcorn was a mess. She had no eyes but the sockets
were infected. She had a weird tumor filling her ear. She was not
fixed, she has a bum foot (it turns in real strange, but it looked like
a very old injury) And she was covered with fleas.
We immediately flea treated her, dewormed her, started her on
antibiotics and the next day (Monday) took her to the vet. Her
blood work showed she was super anemic and was not strong
enough for surgery right then, so we brought her home to fatten
her up, get her over the infections and get her in better shape.
She has now been fixed, the tumor removed (it was benign) and is in
much better shape. She is still healing and still has some drainage but
is doing well. Loves to eat, climbs like a champ and I think is
much happier.
6/15/2012 Back in April Popcorn took a flying leap and managed to
break her leg, we had a bone plate put in and she appeared to
recover fine.
Today, (6/15) while cleaning and playing the cats, staff noticed that
Popcorn could not support any weight on her leg and when we lifted
her up it was flopping. Obviously broken! I put her in the car and
rushed her to the vet. X-Rays verified that, yes, it was broken, and
not only was it broken, it was above the first break and it had not
healed. She was splinted and given pain medication and was going
to see an animal orthopedic specialist Monday morning.
6/18 Specialist said we had 2 options, a full bone graft with an approx
success rate for her of 80% or remove the leg. After much discussion
with both vets and our board, we decided that it was best for her to
remove the leg. This was a deform leg in the first place, it had not
healed in the second place and we knew that she would do just fine
with 3 legs.
6/18/2012 We had her leg removed, you will see the picture below.
She is doing well.
2013 Her polyp returned again. She was taken to a specialist and it
was removed again. One of the side effects is that she is some what
vestibular. She walks in circles but has no problem finding the litter
box or food bowl.
Popcorn
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RIP Popcorn 9/29/23
This is a hard letter to write. Princess Popcorn has crossed over the
rainbow bridge. Although our hearts are growing heavy with grief we
can rejoice that she is no longer in pain. Her body is restored with
health and vigor once again in rainbow bridge meadows. I know
Scotty too Hottie with the marshmallow body has welcomed her home
and they are snuggling as I write this.
Popcorn’s mobility and appetite made a drastic change Tuesday
morning. She was taken to the vet where blood work was very normal
but her x-ray showed that her arthritis has grown severe, her spine
more curved than before.. She was in pain. She stayed at the vet until
Wednesday afternoon getting extra laser treatments and small
adjustments. We were trying to tweak her pain management therapy
with medications as well. The vet and I agreed if she didn’t regain her
appetite or mobility that it was a quality of life decision. Thursday she
was nothing but purrs. However, her appetite worsened and she didn’t
want to come out of bed. After looking at her with her head nestled
with the softest of vibrations tickling the hairs of my arm. She was
soothed in comfort but her head nudges were saying thank you but that
it’s time. Our philosophy is always on a good day rather than a bad
day. She enjoyed last night being able to cuddle her long time friends
and gave her the opportunity to have whatever food she desired. The
sun shined yesterday afternoon after a week of nothing but clouds so
she was able to bask in the sun in her favorite bed.
Popcorn came to us in 2011 when a lady was driving down a country
road and saw, what she thought, a dead cat laying in the middle of the
road. To her horror as she started to drive past, the cat raised its head.
Because of our supporters she was given the best 12 additional years
she could of asked for. She was deeply loved by many. Had her own
personal chefs cooking her special raw meals. The most comfortable
beds to enjoy. We will miss her playfulness, her little attitude of a
400lb lion, but mostly the way she was so content sitting on your lap.
Im sorry,
Sam