Day 25, February 20, 2015

Here are a couple of videos of Trinket!  His burn still looks scary but really it looks so much better than it did even a week ago.  He is getting stronger every day!

Day 18 - February 13, 2015

We are battling an infection of the skin on his back.  : (  He is running a bit of a fever also so his energy level is low but he is such a sweet-natured kitten!  He has played a little but mostly wants to take it easy and snuggle.  His doctor feels certain that with plenty of good food, love and medicine he will recover but he still has several months of healing and recovery.  But with challenges also come blessings!  He is able to eat out of a regular bowl now, the burned skin is falling away and relaxing nicely!  Please consider donating to his ongoing medical bills - pflu.org

Day 12, February 7, 2015

Two steps forward, one step back.  His appetite was off yesterday and he slept most of the day.  He returned to the vet this morning.  He is running a fever and so he received another dose of a long acting antibiotic and burn treatment.  He cuddled all evening.

Day 7 - February 2, 2015

As predicted, the skin has begun to crack, leaving raw flesh exposed.  But the humidity and antibiotics are working!!  His congestion is much improved.  His back itches terribly and he has been scratching it incessantly.

The skin has relaxed a bit on his neck and his eyes look much more comfortable today!

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Day 4 - January 30, 2015

Trinket visited the vet again today.  He received a treatment of entederm on his neck and back.  Dr. Isom said that the burned skin will begin to crack and separate, leaving an open wound.  We will need to be careful that this open flesh does not get infected.

We discovered that he loves tummy scratches.  Here he is enjoying some snuggle time with his foster mommy!

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Day 3 - January 29, 2015

We discovered that Trinket cannot put his head down to his bowl to eat. The skin has contracted too much.  We have elevated his bowl to a comfortable level for him!  He is also having trouble eating solids so for now he is on a semi liquid diet of a/d canned food and KMR kitten milk.  He spends all of his time under a humidifier to help with his upper respiratory infection.

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Day 1 - January 27, 2015

This is Trinket.  He is approximately 4 months old.  Sometime early in January, he suffered a terrible burn on the back of his head and back. He was taken by an animal control officer to the Northern Utah Valley Animal Services.  On January 27th he was rescued by Paws For Life Utah and taken to Dr. Isom at Wasatch Animal Hospital in Heber.  We learned that he had deep third degree burns. Dr. Isom said he was certainly was in a great deal of pain when this burn occurred.  During his time at NUVAS, his wound had developed a thick crust of blood and charred skin.  He also had an upper respiratory infection.  Dr. Isom gave him antibiotics and a little t-shirt to protect the burn area.






 During the two weeks after he was burned, his skin contracted significantly on his back and neck, pulling his eyes back uncomfortably.









You can see where the skin on his back has contracted and restricts his movement.

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