Thanks, Belinda -
I left the kitties at the vets before 8am and drove to visit some
cousins . She was the only Persian. The vet called my home phone
about 2:30pm and left a message, and I called the vets about 3pm from
my cell phone. He told me then.
He said that she was moving her head, in recovery. I know they had
her in a cage, and were checking on her, not holding her (like we do
in our clinic). They checked on her later and she was dead. When I
picked her up at 4pm, she was still soft and warm.
When I picked her up, the vet asked if she'd been FIV/FELV tested. I
said yes, and was negative. He said it may have been FIP. I said I
doubt that - I just know how easy it is to blame the unknown on
something, just anything, and she was a healthy kitty.
I got some good responses from the Persian list. Persians are
different - flat face and all that. A few people on that list said
that Persians need to be intubated, and to be checked because the
soft pallet can block the airway, because of their flat facial
structure.
I feel very strongly that that's probably what it was. Also, I hear
that Persians have problems with certain anesthesia, but then she
seemed to be coming out of the anesthesia. I mailed the info to the
vet as well, so that he'll know, but I doubt if I'll ever ever go
there again.
Anyhow - here's one of the comments - very interesting - (and I'll
bet this vet didn't intubate) -
Gloria
>>Subject: Re: persian kitten, Pansy, died
>>
>>Sometimes on the flat faced ones they extubate them too soon... and
>>because of the way the soft pallet is misshapen, it falls back
and closes
>>off the airway... and the cat is not awake enough to be aware of
it...I
>>have had this happen on a few... the first was when I was there,
>>assisting, and noticed shortly after they extubated, the lips
started
>>turning blue... we responded and that cat was OK, but it could
have had a
>>much different outcome had I not been watching. Ever since, I
make a
>>point of telling them that, reminding them, so to speak.
>>I am so sorry for your loss....:(
>>Mary Arnold
>>Bit O'Blarney Pet Services
>>TICA Allbreed Judge
>>IM Mjablarney
>>ICQ #21462586
On Jan 1, 2006, at 11:29 AM, Belinda Sauro wrote:
Hi Gloria,
I will be sure and add Pansy to this weeks service, I'm so sorry
for your loss of such a young one.
I do have a couple of questions that are puzzling me though. When
exactly did Pansy pass away and why didn't your vet call you to let
you know? It almost sounds like she was in recovery and they
didn't know she had passed until you called to check on her and
they went back to check on her and found her passed.
I would certainly expect my vet to call me immediately if my kitty
passed after surgery, which they did with Buddie, she came through
the surgery fine but went into cardiac arrest in recovery, they
called while they were trying to resusitate her and asked me if I
wanted them to continue to resusitate her.
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