Moxie

Moxie is a stray with a spitfire attitude and curiosity adopted by a young couple.  While at home enjoying the scenes outdoors, the window that she was sitting in fell on her, trapping her leg.  Young cats heal quickly so the prognosis looked good.  Of the options available the leg was put in a splint. The surgery went well until Moxie woke up and decided she did not want a splint on her leg. Thrashing around bent the wires making the break now a compound fracture with the bone sticking out through the skin.  Plan B was to apply a soft bandage splint with appropriate pain medication to keep activity level down.  Miss Moxie did well initially but after a short time she had gotten this off too!  Orthopedic surgery was now the option using an external fixator with pins, rods, screws, and super strong putty. The care for Moxie was more than the young couple, with full time jobs and school, could handle so one of our staff, Marci,  took over the care.

An infection developed and Moxie needed constant and specialized care. Moxie traveled  home every night with Marci and had her own cage during the day at the clinic for supervision and treatment. More surgeries and Xrays were required over the next 3 months along with long term pain control.

When Moxie finally got the fixator off the young couple decided that Moxie had grown as attached to Marci as Marci had grown attached to Moxie. Moxie is now part of the family with Stewie the cat and Dheli the dog. Moxie’s nickname is Ninja Cat as she runs and jumps all over.  Maybe after the long confinement she just can’t stand to sit still. Moxie has recovered fully from her injury and is crazy normal now.