I want to thank those of you who have sent both love and money to Charlotte. I can't express how much these gestures mean to both Joe and me. It's amazing to have the love and support of such amazing friends.
As for the update, we dropped in on Charlotte this evening after her surgery. The vet showed us photos of how the top of the inside of her mouth was completely split open. I got the impression it was an unusual injury, as he seemed a little amazed by it (and I doubt vets usually take photos of animal's injuries with their camera phones!). She's lost all the teeth on the right side of her mouth, which I suspect was probably a way to wrangle her way into a lifetime of wet cat food!
The good news is that her eye is definitely beginning to clear. When we brought her in yesterday it was filled with blood and so swollen she couldn't close the lid. Today we could just make out her pupil, though the cornea it is still very cloudy. The vet said that she seemed to show signs of sight, so fingers crossed she still has some vision. Even if she keeps the eye, we will need to keep on alert as she will have an increased risk for future tumors and glaucoma.
She was very affectionate when we arrived and wanted lots of head rubbing. She was also making a weird growling noise the whole time, and we weren't sure if that's her purr damaged by the whole in the roof of her mouth, or she was upset by the yelping dog below her.
She still looks pretty pitiful, but is on a drip so hopefully she's not in too much pain.
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