Just checked the yahoo catslaves and saw an update from today. Here it
is for those interested here but not on the other group:

Last week the vet office tells me I can't sceduale crackles
procedure til after tuesday because of the holiday, today I call
and am told there isn't an opening til the 20th. Why couldn't I
scedualed him last week, the holiday obviously wasn't the factor
and maybe I would of gotten a few day earlier than the 20th. I
wasn't even given enough antibiotics to even cover til then when I
went in on friday so I gotta make another trip to get more
antibiotics, Also when I went in they didn't tell me to cut back to
one pill a day, before i ran out I'd been giving him 2 pills a day,
when I went in on friday they gave me more of the same pills but
did not tell me to cut back to one,I should of been giving him one.
I pointed out when she told me this that crackles is still having
infection with 2 if I cut back to one won't it get worst? Crackles
already has a pocket of infection in his cheek again and the thing
in his ear is growing and I swab out of his ear of cottage cheese
like infection daily and now I can't get him in til the 20th. I asked
about coming in and getting his cheeked lanced again since I
had so long to wait and she said that would take the money
away from the surgery fund and then there wouldn't be enough.
So I guess that is a no. I'd lance it myself but it isn't close to the
surface like the ones I lanced on my mother's cat after he got
beat up by the neighborhood feline bully. Its deeper and up by
the ear so I don't want to hurt him.

I wish I could of got him in earlier, perhaps i should call
tomorrow and ask if there is a cancelation to try to fit crackles in.
He isn't supposed to eat anything after 8pm on the 19th and
bring him in 8am on the 20th so I would have to know about a
cancelation the day before so I don't know if it is practical to ask.

BTW, we are up to $132 for the proceedure. I'd like to thank
everyone who donated. Now he just has to wait forever and a day
and hope nothing goes wrong between then and now so
everyone cross fingers and paws and have good thoughts.

meow