Click left on any picture to see it full size.We took Maxxy to Zaragoza for his operation the following day. He was diagnosed with a torn diaphragm as half of his intestines, liver, etc, were in his thorax and his lungs were deflated. This was the result, according to the vet, of an accident such as being hit by a car or being kicked but that is very unlikely around here, so maybe he jumped from too great a height somewhere.
He had the operation where all of his organs were put back in the correct place and his diaphragm was sewn up and we collected him on Thursday. We took him to our vets in Alcañiz for injections on Friday and then on Saturday fed him through a syringe and tried to give him his pills but he was so upset by this that he bit me on the hand very hard! (I am recovering!) This is the only time he has ever done this and I had no idea that a cat could bite so hard!
On Sunday he seemed so low that Margaret phoned the vet and we took him back to our vets in Alcañiz where he was put in an oxygen chamber, given his vacinations again and a feeder drip into his paw. On Monday, a holiday here, Margaret phoned the vet and they said he was OK and eating well.
However, on Tuesday the vet phoned to say that Maxxy had stopped breathing and had died that morning as they were preparing him for further x-rays. The postmortem revealed that he had liquid in the lung and heart cavity and this had stopped his heart. We collected his body yesterday evening and buried him in the garden this morning.
He had a great life here as he had total freedom to come and go as he pleased enjoying the countryside and his favourite pastime of hunting yet always knowing what time his meals were being provided by us. He will be sadly missed.
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