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Hi! Thanks for checking in! Nala is blowing everyone away with her progress. Her PT and vet at the specialty clinic are so dedicated to her care. We are over the moon. She is walking on her own (like a little drunk kitty), which we didn't really expect and are all amazed with. She still scoots...

I asked our PT vet about the diaper cream and what he suggested, but she's been doing so well cleaning herself with the sanitary shave that he said she might not need cream going forward barring a flare up. He did say that Animax was his recommendation before I even brought the brand up...

Thank you for this link! I look forward to reading through it tonight. Had a great week with PT for the girl, but could definitely use more suggestions and advice. Looks like a great resource.

Vet/PT consult could not have gone better! He was incredibly kind to both myself and Nala. Did a ton of testing in office- she has a clean health bill (still going to finish out the anitb's and steroids) and he's very hopeful about her recovery. She made motions with her hind legs like she...

Well... thought there was a picture there. Hm.

This is sweet Nala. Exposing her tum and red booty. She's pulling her legs up and curling her toes! Skin is still pretty red with scald but at least it's clean and dry.

She's been pretty great about letting me feel around in her belly, @nahui. I don't know if maybe I'm not pressing hard enough? I looked at some diagrams and articles. I don't know if maybe it's not very full but the bladder looks like it's pretty big in the pictures I've seen. I'll definitely...

Oh poor kitty- pancreatitis isn't uncommon in older kitties. I'm sorry she had to go through that! Sounds like that Animax is the bomb, though, so I'll ask about it for sure! We'll just cone her and slather it. I'm kicking myself for not thinking "hey let's get some labs." Bad mama. Maybe on...

We've been *thrilled* with her flexability and leg movement. I would love to see her with regular leg function, but when she sits like a human with her legs straight out it's really cute. As with all pets, when I try to snag a picture she notices and rolls into belly rub pose. But she can stick...

Also, they haven't once done any blood work on her. They didn't make it sound like she needed it, but I might mention it. The PT clinic we're going to on Friday is actually a full service vet, surgery, rehab, homeopathic clinic (awesome) so honestly I might quiz them about everything. From meds...

O no! I didn't know that about zinc oxide. I read the label to look at other chemicals (yes, I did get Desitin) and it's in large print on the front of the tube that it has zinc oxide as the primary ingredient. I'm so glad I didn't put any on her last night or this morning. Her last application...

Good morning! Still not a lot of urine this AM. In good spirits though and did have a good amount of poo come out before I left for work. If there isn't significant pee-age when I check on her at lunch I'll call the vet. Oddly enough a video I watched (in Russian, mind you) this morning...

Thank you, @tarasgirl06! We had a good vet visit. It wasn't the best news, but we hopefully got what we needed to help with what turned out to be a UTI instead of constipation. Did either of your fur babies ever fight being held into the basin? I've been hunting around for good holding...

Unfortunately Nala does have a UTI. Woke up Monday to a lot of blood and a pretty shivery, pained kitty. This was definitely my top fear for her. She has antibiotics and Laxatone on board now. Surprisingly she was not very constipated. The Laxatone has helped with higher volume poop, so...

The vet we took her to last weekend was reassuring. Said that the constipation is likely due to a multitude of factors (injury, drugs, dehydration), but that each of these is expected as well as the pain/shivering as a result of the strain. He said to push water as much as possible, make her...

Hi Nahui! I hadn't thought about shaving the fur back there. That's a great idea. No matter how much I wipe and try to gently dry the fur it just seems to be perpetually wet. Diaper rash cream is something we hadn't thought of. I'm so worried about secondary infection because of her wetness...

I tossed around mixing some pumpkin into her wet food today. She has always had difficulty pooping (dry, small, lots of effort but little comes out), so her being constipated now is definitely concerning me. I'm going to call the vet first thing when they open tomorrow to see what we can get...

O, Toby sounds like such a sweetie. I'm glad to hear he regained so much function! I've already started pondering home modification here as well. Fortunately we are in a 1 story home. Once she's out of the cage I know she'll be itching to jump up to my bed (very high) and couch. There's no...

Just an overall thank you! We're feeling so supported here and it's really helping us work more confidently with Nala. When we saw her normal veterinarian after the emergency clinic over last weekend he was mildly hopeful but said that he estimated she had about a 30% chance of functional...

How long did you wait post-injury before you started some gentle home PT with your little one? As of midnight tonight it will have been exactly 1 week for Nala. I'm sure it's case by case, but we were just wondering. We've been doing some gentle rotation and flexing her feet. She's making...