We took Josie back to CCHS for her checkup. Usually after a 7-10 days a URI cat will be healthy and stay to be put up for adoption. As we expected, Josie is an exception and wasn't quite ready. Her lungs were still sounding off to the examiner, and that combined with her still sounding flemmy off and on while here meant the society decided to leave her in foster for another week to be sure she was healthy. This is both for her sake--she will recover faster the lower stress situation of a foster home--and for the sake of keeping the rest of the cats at the shelter from catching the cold!
While there, she had her ears cleaned. One of them especially had waxy buildup, the other wasn't so bad. She was not impressed with the procedure, but her ears look much better now!
She's gained a little weight--from just under to just over 12lbs. It was decided to leave her at the same amount of food anyway since she's still sick and it's more important to let her fight that off than slim her down right now. The extra weight on her joints (one of the reasons for concern of overweight pets) is lower priority than the cold. We'll continue trying to get her to exercise, but she is a very sweet lap cat, not a playing cat.
So, long story short--there will be more Josie pictures and reports for the next week!
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