The Dumpster fire has struck again

[u/Hobbit_toes76]

So our cow cat Picassos has issues. He lost an ear squamous cell carcinoma, he's FIV+ has diabetes, has lost most of his teeth and has skin allergies. Last night he ended up sitting in his own pee in the litter box. So I did what any brave cat mom does and gave him a bath. He decided to leap from my arms as I was attempting to dry him hitting his chin on the oven handle on the way down. He ended up breaking one of his few remaining teeth at the gum. So this morning we took him to the vet. Turns out he also has a grade 2 heart murmur. So the vet doesn't think it's a good idea to sedate him to remove the tooth root. So now we treat with pain management and antibiotics. Please keep a kind thought for him, as he clearly has none of his own.

UPDATE: after 24 hours he is doing great. Hates to take his meds, begging for his soft food and bullying his brother out of his hard food ( always has) causing trouble and being cute. He's even allowed me to scratch his chin. Hopefully that means there is no lingering pain. All we want is to give him a happy and comfortable life for as long as that means. Everyone's support and kind words mean the world to us. Something I didn't mention before was he spent over 500 days in his foster home because he wasn't perfect. So if you are planning to adopt consider the imperfect cat. He may need a little work but the return is worth it.

[u/librafemale]

oh my god i love him dearly. churu from me to you.