Halla-cat got her teeth pulled, like I mentioned she was gonna, but unlike with Annabel her stomatitis didn't really improve much. What the fuck!! So she got another steroid shot and antibiotic shot, and now we're dosing her with an immunomodulator (cyclosporine) every day, woof. That one extra sucks because it's an oily liquid with an unwanted taste that has to be given on an empty stomach. Like, COME ON.

Actually though, we've been having a better time of it than I thought.

For one thing, we've learned that while Halla really hates being stalked and cornered for something (getting her in the carrier to hit the vet is so crummy), she... actually doesn't seem to mind being ambushed. Or at least, she gets over it basically immediately. So you just leave the syringe with the gunk behind your ear, wait ten or fifteen for your moment, scruff her and squirt the stuff in her mouth, and then everyone's fine!!

For another thing... the medicine seems to be visibly helping. Well above and beyond what the steroid shot does for her. We think.

Anyway: promising. We'll probably be trying to mess with her food at some point, too, and there might be some other things we can do as well. But she's got more of her old self back on-line than she's had in months, and it's kind of amazing.