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Phoebe Cat
So Phoebe Cat never really got better after the whole "spraying bloody urine" week. The blood part seemed to clear up, but she was still letting go as soon as she woke up. And day by day she seemed to be sleeping more and more until I realized she pretty much just lay down all day - no running, jumping, playing, nothing. Thursday morning when she woke up her little head was shaking back and forth. I got a vet appointment for that afternoon. He tested some urine and still found blood. They had to put her out for a few minutes to take some blood and give her a few shots. Then they gave me some super-antibiotics for her and some special prescription cat food which she'll be restricted to for the rest of her life. They think she may have been exposed to some of that bad pet food, because that's when she got sick. So last night she was pretty listless and didn't eat anything. She just laid on the floor pretty much looking like flat roadkill. Sorry for the horrible image, but that's what she looked like. Like she was 100 years old and ready to die. I took a little japanese china teacup and filled it with water and held it to her mouth, and she slurped up a lot. This morning she had her head up but still looked reeeeeeeeeeeeeeally tired. But I saw her gulping down some breakfast, so that was good. But after I packed the car to drive to Aptos for a nice 3-day weekend with Scott (Spike said he'd come by to give Phoebe her medicine twice a day), Phoebe tried to walk out the front door but instead was walking sideways, crab style, with her head shaking again. I called the vet at 10am when they said the lab results would be in and told them her status. They said her results show she probably has a bad kidney infection, and possibly a crystal blockage in her stomach. Also she was extremely dehydrated. So I have to make sure she drinks a lot of water, feed her only the wet prescription food, and keep an eye on her. If she gets worse I have to take her to the emergency vet clinic. So that cancels the 3-day weekend, heh. I came home from work, she doesn't look worse but she doesn't look better either. She is wolfing down the wet food which is good, but I have to bring her water in the tea cup for her to drink. Mostly she lays in the hallway looking miserable. But I'm going to stay here and monitor her while I make sure she gets water and medicine, until I see some results. If she starts walking around I'll go to dinner with Scott and his parents Saturday. If she starts running around I'll pack back up and head out to Aptos. At the moment, I'm not sure which way it's going to go. If she doesn't get better then she probably has the crystal blockage and will have to have surgery. Poor little Phoebe. She really does look miserable, and she must be hurting awfully. I'm sure her habit of doing this had nothing to do with it. Posted by Pischina at May 25, 2007 5:39 PMComments
Gah! I'm sorry about Pheobe and your weekend. I hope she gets better soon. It is so awful to have a sick pet. Posted by: Catie at May 25, 2007 6:39 PMI hope she gets better soon. Poor thing. Posted by: Murphy at May 25, 2007 9:03 PMPost a comment
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