Sunday, May 1, 2022

Bionic Boy-14 3/4 Today May 1, 2022

Liam  now
drinking and licking  my Starbucks drink
 
as seen on IG and Facebook


but a year ago
Liam chased one of our ferals and incurred a serious injury


 the injury happened 3/19/21

 https://liamlicks.blogspot.com/2021_03_28_archive.html

Liam ran after Tabby White Foot making a right angle turn into the backyard a full speed 

the turn was so fierce and sudden I knew an injury had to have resulted

his back legs were bent in a unnatural position, the left leg being the pivot leg ripped

 

 

our regular Vet Dr Polley saw Liam on  Wednesday and Thursday March 24th and 25th
He did blood work to make sure Liam is okay for surgery 
sedated him for X rays
blood work okay
took two days because Liam was traumatized by the attempts at X rays
It seems like surgery is the way to go
Injury severe yet common and easily fixable 
it is a cranial cruciate ligament CCL tear like the ACL in humans
here is some info
If not fixed arthritis may set in and really hobble Liam
The kneecap no longer anchored 
Like 
Bone on bone
leg will wobble as he walks 
Will exacerbate further if he runs 
then transfer to right leg as he puts weight on that to relieve his left leg discomfort

and totally incapacitate him

and so it happened 


 

the surgery 4/20/21

 

 

 a refresher link to original story

https://liamlicks.blogspot.com/2021_05_16_archive.html

 and in the year since Liam is still running and the tabbies are still escaping

 

The tabbies

                                                                                                       

  Tabby White Foot                                                                                         Tabby Red

  Tabby Bold                                                                                                    Tabby Pink Nose

  Colin                                                                                                              Tabby Bent Ear

                                                                                      

               

                         an anonymous animal activist had 5 of them neutered,,,we did Colin,,,one or two would disappear for a few days and then return with tipped ears...the sign to the world that a cat has been fixed. 

 Thank you to whomever did that.

they have evolved in their coexistence

the kittens have given him a new found love of exploring the yard and using his hound sniffing talents and they have worked out their own early warning system for when Liam propels out of the side door. He actually is slowed down in propelling by me.his warning is that he banged his head, they hear it and scatter in several directions

front fence, backyard, side

Next photos

1-Liam looking for the tabbies figuring if he waits by their bowls he will eventually catch one 

has not happened 

in fact Tabby Pink nose has refused to move from her perch on the backyard bench and Liam has approached then turned away

I think if everyone stops running there will be a calm accepting coalition

2-Liam trying to stick his hard head in the newly acquired tabby cabin  he cannot and they know it

we have my creation out front and this prefab Amazon special on the side


Liam waiting by the tabby bowls

Liam looking in the tabby cabin

 

I know the tabby presence joy enhances his day and adds quality time to his senior life as the search is part of it

some Liam current life photos

he now watches TV through the lower ledge of the living room table

we include in his food whatever we have are having and mix with his dog food 

he also occasionally get special lamb treats from our Fridays at Crabtree's

here he is with a lamb shank

Lamb shank from Crabtree's

 




March and April 2022 photos

    

 

 

 Liam outside

mistaken for a puppy again this week


 Liam, RBG and his wolfie

howling with joy of life

celebrating being 14 /34

being a TPLO poster boy

"The lone wolf dies

but the pack survives"

Game of Thrones

Woof woof