otto went to the veterinary medical teaching hospital at uc davis for his femoral head ostectomy (fho). we drove up on wednesday and met the vet (dr. larue) and the vet student (allison). i think this was her first fho. i left otto there and they ran a whole bunch of tests to make sure he was fit for surgery. the actual surgery was yesterday and he came home today. i'll bet he thinks it was the worst two days of his life so far. i can also say with confidence otto does not enjoy car rides. at. all. he has a little fentanyl patch on. that will come off in 4 days. hopefully, he feels better tomorrow. yeah, otto is pretty bummed.

 i am making little cat paintings to help pay for otto's surgery. the paintings are on #5 tags cause i like the way they look. but i think they are too nice to be used solely as tags. they look good altogether.