Poor Sparta. She's had a bad run of luck latley.

She was neutured a few weeks ago (since she's TG, we've called it her sexual reassignment surgery). She was terrified of the car ride, and Tom rode all the way to Colchester with his hand behind him, nuzzling Sparta's face. She got through the surgery like a champ, and seemed to recover in the appropriate amount of time.

Awhile after that, though, Sparta lost interest in food. Before all of this, she would meow like crazy--often geting up on her back legs and pawing at the air in front of her--while we were fixing her food. She would then proceed to eat all of her food and try to steal Moo's food. But when she lost interest in food, that stopped. We tried soy milk in the food (which she loves), tuna, chicken broth...nothing helped.

Then she started to vomit--a lot. We got her to the vet, and discovered that she probably had a blockage in her intestine--like a string or some stuffing from a toy. We were to give her laxative, and wait for it to pass. They also gave her some fluids and an appetite stimulant.

We brought her home, and discovered the wonderful world of cat laxatives. Man, she hated that stuff! She fliked it around and off of herself like she was possessed. I'm still fiinding little Polluck-splatters of it around the house.

We continued with that treatment for a day or so, until she got diarreah so bad that she couldn't leave the bathroom (rather, she could, but we wouldn't let her). It was so sad. Her front was covered in laxative, her rear was covered in poo, and the middle was all skinny...

So, we brought her back to the vet. They gave her a bath (thank god) and some more fluids. They also discontinued the laxative, and put her on a special diet. In addition, they prescribed an appetite stimulant, and a round of de-worming. She seems to be eating a little better, but she's still tired and weak.

I'll keep you all posted on the progress of the world's cutest (short-haired) kitty.