Some readers will recall that Rossi suffered a stroke a couple weeks back. He has recovered to a degree. He can get around the house, handle stairs, eat on his own, use the litter and so on. He’s still messed up though. We think his vision has been affected, because sometimes he just bumps into us or steps into a kibble bowl, as if his peripheral vision is perhaps better than his straight ahead vision. On the good side, he’s back to his usual state of crankiness. In ways Rossi is a very social cat. He likes us and likes to be around us. He even likes an occasional pat. That’s it. a pat. Not two pats, not three pats, but a single pat. He’s cranky again, but he’s also tired and rests even more than usual.
His diagnosis is presumptive. Short of doing the kinds of sophisticated imaging we do with people, it’s not possible to really determine what happened and what caused it. Based on his symptoms and her experience, the vet thinks the stroke was caused by something pressuring his brain, like a tumor. This may well be a progressive condition, but again we don’t know. We’re giving him a drug to reduce inflammation in the hopes that it will prevent another stroke from occurring at least for as long as possible.
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I also take a show of crankiness to mean that Azar is still in fairly good health for his age. Hope Rossi stays cranky for a long time to come.
Thanks for update – had been wondering. Hope he continues comfortably for a long while.
He’s such a lovely cat, and by the sounds of it, a real trooper. Wishing him all the wellness that can be mustered.
thanks everyone!
He’s still a very handsome fellow. Spice, Pepper and Cranberry are rooting for him!
Wishing for the very best for dear Rossi.
My heart goes out 2 tha lil’ jungle prowler !!! Rossi is a soldier amongst newbi trooperz !! Go Rossi go !!