Edgar

Edgar has had a swollen front paw since Thursday so yesterday, we finally took him to the vet (see above picture). We would have taken him sooner, but it was the weekend & then a holiday. It just was bad timing.... Anyways, so the vet wanted to take some x-rays because he thought he maybe had a fracture in his foot. So they took him back for the x-rays while me & Ang waited. When they finally brought him back they had shaved between two of his toes because he had a big lesion. It was pretty gross. Apparently another cat bit his foot & that was why it was initially swollen.

Then they showed us his x-rays. First let me tell you, he has adorable little bones in his leg & foot. Second, he had a broken toe. Completely broken. As in, the end little bone was totally severed from the rest of his foot. He had a little floating bone. So then the vet tells us they have to amputate his toe & remove the bone. Gross! Poor little guy.

Now, you might be wondering how he broke his toe, right? Obviously, there is no way of telling exactly how it happened... but that doesn't mean I don't have a theory! On Saturday, my dad stepped on his foot... & I think that is how it broke. Makes sense, don't you think? Anyways, we went & dropped little Edgar off this morning for surgery. I'll let you know how it goes! We've been calling him Clubby, because his foot was all swollen & looked like a club, and now we will have to call him Stubby. Heh heh.