Boof!

More good news - thyroid numbers solidly normal, so no recurrance of the hyperthyroid condition which nearly killed him two years ago. Also, nothing nasty in the fur samples which were taken, though that leaves us confused ( TMI )

Not so good for the Boof!er's immediate mood - he needs to have a dental workover on Monday. We're to give him antibiotics over the weekend to treat the gingivitus. Then G will have to drop Boof! off for the day at the main vet surgery in Poshville. Le sigh.

Fret, worry, old cat dentist

I find that I'm not happy about Boof! needing a general anaesthetic for dental work at his advanced age. Now, I'd not expect a vet to pull out a tooth with an awake cat! But the risks associated with anaesthesia increased markedly with age in humans, as far as I know. So, presumably, the same is true in felines :-( We've started him on antibiotics for the gingivitis. Maybe clearing that up will solve most of the problem from his purr-spective, and the tooth thing is unnecessary to his quality of life? In which case, the risk is unjustified ...

I can't talk to the vet about this now until Monday morning, hence I'm coming to you, gentle Flist, for ... well, to let it out, I suppose.