So it turns out that Dobby is fine! It's just a bad infection from a bite. Nothing that antibiotics and a checkup appointment can't fix. My mother had me convinced it was worse even though my first thought was a bite. He got antibiotics and a rabies shot and he's good to go. And it was only $77.
My cat, Dobby, had been missing for two days. I wasn't very worried because we live in the country and he goes in and out of the house as he pleases. Today I came home and he came inside. His paw is about four times its normal size, slightly skewed, and there is a wound on both sides of his leg...
