Our Christmas Star Is Broken

In November of 2010 we featured the star of our website, Ginger the kitten.  I was rephotographing a Christmas crystal figurine to place on sale for the season.  As I was cleaning up Ginger jumped into the photo box and started attacking the figurine.

Ginger's adventuresome went a bit too far this Spring.  She came home after a hunt favoring her left hind leg.  The diagnosis by the vet was "a dislocated elbow." The first treatment was to reset the joint and place a cast on it.  Ginger wasn't happy with it when she came home from the clinic.

She was in this cast for four weeks initially before returning to the clinic for x-rays.  Unfortunately, the joint would not heal properly so surgery was required.  Two weeks later (it took that long to schedule a surgeon specialist) she had surgery to place a screw in the joint to hold a small bone in place.  She returned home with a pink covered cast that an attendant with a sense of humor attached a Nike logo on the foot area of the cast.

In three more weeks she was due for more x-rays.  In the meantime, Ginger never let the cast get in the way of her activities.  She fought with her brother Skooch, ran up and down the stairs with abandon and always found ways not to let the cast spoil her naps.

Three weeks later she was back at the clinic for more x-rays.  The tendon damage was completely healed and the bone settled nicely in place.  The cast will remain on for another three weeks.  That's a total of twelve weeks in a cast which is a lot for any animal.  In spite of all the visits to the animal clinic and the prodding and probing and two surgeries, Ginger is her normal self enjoying her favorite places and hide-y-holes in the house.

Our CrystalSplendor.com website star feline may be broken but she will return to her glorious self in the next few months.  She just has that kind of ego!