Got Six Toes his new medicine. It's called Atenolol and it's given to humans as well. It's a beta blocker used to treat high blood pressure and for people suffering a heart attack to improve their survival. The first day or two after he started this medicine, Six Toes was groggy. Really groggy. He had trouble walking a straight line and his butt wiggled. He slept a lot more and ate voraciously when he woke up. But after that he started seeming more like his old self, sleeping less and playing more. The groggy/wiggly thing was over. He's alert and having a grand time chasing his brother in the house.
Got to take Six Toes back to the vet in a couple of weeks for a quick blood draw to see if the medicine is working. I've got my fingers crossed that it has. It's nice to have my old Six Toes back and happy to sit in my lap when I sit down, poking me in the eye to wake up in the morning. My buddy.
