Maggie’s Broken Leg
posted at 1:19 pm
on Jun. 26, 2008
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Maggie decided today to jump from my office window ledge down to the balcony outside the kitchen.
I didn’t see her jump. When I heard the thump of her landing, I ran downstairs and found her waiting to be let in.
She was limping around, and her nose was bleeding a bit. No brain juice was leaking out her ears. I took that to be a good sign.
She was pretty calm, and not hissy or scared. She’s a tough cat.
We took Maggie to see Nikki, our vet.
Nikki took X-rays.
Nikki asked us… do you have pet insurance?
We said… no.
She said… oh.
Maggie has a broken left front leg bone. She’ll get a splint, and probably won’t need surgery, though we’ll know later today for sure.
It’ll take 6 weeks to heal, and at the end of it, Nikki says Maggie probably won’t have learned any sort of lesson from the experience. Because, you know, she’s a cat.
At least now I know what I’m going to be spending my global warming tax refund check on.
