Harvey Gets Shaved Again

Erika got Harvey in 2006 from a friend she went to high school with.  He even went to Pullman with her the year she moved out of the dorms.  He came back home because he didn't like to be an indoor cat.  He's had several wounds over the years to where he's had to get shaved.   I believe this is the second time he's had a tube sticking out of him. 

Recently we've been having strange cats (we don't know if they're stray or they belong to the neighbors) hang out in our yard freaking out or cats and fighting with them.  Well, this time Harvey got bit and on his side was a large lump.  We should have taken him in sooner than we did.  I took him in on Tuesday to see what was wrong and the Dr. said it was a huge abscess and it needed to be drained right away.  They gave us antibiotics to take in the mean time.  The next morning I took him into surgery.  Harvey was there until about 2:30.  I went and picked him up.  He was not happy.  He made weird yowling noises all the way home.  He even tipped the cat carrier upside down because he moved around so much on the passenger seat.  I brought him in the house and let him out.  He ran all over the house and wanted to go outside so bad.  Later, we had to put the cone of shame on him so he wouldn't pull the tube out or lick the stitches.  He had his meds when mom came home.  He wanted to hide the rest of the night in mom and dad's room. 

He gets his tube out on Friday and the stitches out two weeks from there.  His hair won't grow back for a while.