I adopted her on November 6, 2013, when she was probably about 7 or 8 weeks old. A couple of weeks later I noticed she was looking a little swaybacked. I took her to the vet, and they said she had likely had an injury of some sort. The prescribed treatment was confinement, gentle massage of her lower back and legs, and love. None of those were really an issue--she wasn't moving very well at that p
oint, she seemed to like the massage, and she's the most lovable little thing you've ever seen. In the weeks after that, she started moving around much better, and she started eating even better than she had at first. Around Christmas of 2013, I noticed a little place coming up on her back where the dip was. It felt puffy, and so I asked about it when she went for her shots right after Christmas. The vet said it felt like a hematoma, and to keep her confined until it went away. With the tremendous progress she had made in the 3 weeks since she had been to the vet, that wasn't easy! Over that weekend, it started oozing, so it was back to the vet. It turned out to be a seroma (a pocket of fluid), so the vet drained it a little more and gave her an antibiotic shot. She no longer has to be confined, so she can do everything that a normal kitten does! She continues to amaze her vet. After being afraid she'd never be able to do typical cat things, and not knowing what kinds of issues she might have to face later on, I'm just happy to see her run and play! She is very active, and she loves climbing her kitty condo. The little bed at the very top is one of her favorite places to relax. She also likes to spin around one of the posts on her back. Cosette takes her spinning very seriously. She's also interested in art, as evidenced by the yarn art she does periodically. Electronics and plumbing are her other areas of interest. She loves watching the DVD and Blu-ray doors slide in and out, and she frequently helps me by cleaning out the tub drain. Her new interest seems to be the weather--she likes getting on the back of the desk chair and opening the curtains to look outside.
