Khan has been on twice a day Clavamox and once a day Marbofloxacin since his surgery (to ward off infection), but today was his final day of the medication. We took him into the clinic for a scheduled recheck, and the doctor on call said that his ear looked very good.
The bad news is that he hasn't been eating well since the surgery and he has lost nearly two pounds. I knew that he hadn't been eating as much dry food as normal (because the surgery affected his mouth on the left side), but I hadn't realized he had lost so much weight. So we are going to try feeding him more canned food meals, which he does still eat, and they gave us some appetite stimulants if we want to try those.
In spite of this setback, the surgery truly has done him good. He is acting more "cat-like:" playing with toys, coming out to find sunbeams to lay in, following us around for attention. He has also been jumping up on furniture that we thought he could no longer manage because of his arthritis. So overall, the operation seems to have been a good thing.
He goes back in two weeks for a weight check, and to make sure no bacteria have sneaked up in the ear.
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