I hope you get some answers today. I will be praying for you and Ginger. Cindy
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ginger did not seem right when I got home last > night-- she did not come down > to greet me as usual or ask for food. She did eat > her dinner, though not all > of it, so I thought I would wait until morning and > see how she was. This > morning she would not eat. She did chase a string, > but afterwards was very > sluggish and seemed sort of tender when I touched > her, like it bothered her. So I > took her to the ER and had blood work and x-rays > done. She was tender in the > abdomen on palpation. Her blood work was normal > except her BUN was a little > low (14) which apparently can sometimes mean liver > problems (but her liver > values were ok) and her glucose was a little high > (but in the range that it > could be stress). Her temp was 103.1, but her wbc's > were normal. Her x-rays > were odd, though. There were two white spots that > the ER vet could not > interpret. She thought they could be gall stones, or > some sort of foreign object > moving through her upper intestines. One one slide > her left kidney looked larger > than the right, also, but on the other slide it > didn't. The ER vet wanted to > keep her overnight and give her IV fluids and take > x-rays again in the a.m. I > took her home and gave her sub-q fluids instead, and > will take her to the > local vet in the a.m. She ate a whole bowl of dry > food when she got home. I > had given her pepcid and periactin before we left > for the vet. I am not sure if > she felt better, or those were working, or it was > the adrenalyn from the vet > visit that made her eat. I gave her fluids. She is > laying next to me, and > seems quite out of it. However, when Gray started > printing something (she loves > the printer), she shot up, jumped off the bed and > onto the desk, and starting > hitting the papers as they came out. Afterwards she > seemed more tired than > before, though, and seems really out of it again. > > I don't know what's wrong, and it's weird to > have no clue. Right now I > am glad she ate and hit at the printer, and guess I > will just have to wait > until tomorrow morning to get more answers > (hopefully). She is FeLV+ and almost > 7 years old, so I am of course very nervous that her > virus has been > triggered. > > Please say a prayer of some sort for her. > > Thanks, > Michelle > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
