Tuesday, April 11, 2006
A little better
Tink is better, I think. She's keeping the bad eye closed, now that it's shrunk back to a normal size, but every morning I pry it open to take a look, and wipe the gunk around it off. I think her eye is literally dissolving -- turning into mush, I guess -- because it seems like every morning it's smaller and harder to identify as an "eye". I'm a little worried about her other eye, now, because yesterday it looked like she was sleeping with that eye open -- which is not normal. But today it seemed ok, and she does seem to be able to close it. I'm keeping close watch.
She's very grumpy, as is expected. The better she gets, the less sweet and more grumpy she gets. The last two days she's been really bitey -- and not love pecks or nips, either! But maybe that's a good sign -- that she has more strength I suppose? And, she's been getting really vocal. She makes this sound which sounds like a bird "squawk" every time i touch her bad eye. And what about her fur? It's been 3 days since she's had ointment on her, but her fur doesn't seem much improved. I don't want to bathe her, since she's been through so much already. But I would have thought the ointment would have been rubbed off of her by now.
And she's still hunching.
Poor thing. She's been through so much! It's so inspiring. She just keeps plugging on, no matter how bad life gets.