"Cheryl" > wrote in message
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> On 7/21/2014 5:52 AM, MaryL wrote:
>
>> I'm so sorry to hear this, Cheryl. You have already had *more* than
>> your fair share of pain. How is the tooth now? If you are still in
>> pain, I hope you will call your dentist (and possibly your physician)
>> *today.* This just doesn't sound right.
>>
>> Ironically (and not really OT), you are familiar with my wonderful blind
>> cat, Duffy. Last December, he stopped eating and I was very worried.
>> He had had a clean bill of health just a few months earlier. However,
>> the vet discovered that he needed to have two molars extracted. When he
>> was under anesthetic, the vet discovered that one of the molars was
>> rotted clear down to the bone. Duffy still did not eat for two or three
>> days after the extraction, and we thought that was due to pain from the
>> surgery. Then, he suddenly began to eat again and was back to being
>> "his old (and fantastic) self." So, I can certainly understand how you
>> would still be suffering after your surgery, but I hope you really will
>> follow up and call your dentist if you are not back to normal by now.
>
> I'm glad Duffy is much better now, but you're such a good cat meowmie I'd
> be surprised if he didn't get better under your care. Scarlett has had
> teeth removed, too, even as young as when she was 3 years old. The
> calicivirus she was diagnosed with as a kitten causes early dental
> problems in cats. My mouth is feeling much better. There's still some
> pain, but nothing like when I was whining the other day.
>

I don't call that 'whining'

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