Michelle – it’s certainly a
concern as her mother, you know that something is not right ---- I am praying
and hoping that she will only get better on her own. You may not be the one
who believes in this. But would you consider talking to AC – I talk
often with mine when I am not sure exactly what’s going on with my babies
--- and I do like and trust my AC, Jasmine. I think Nina and Sally use them
regularly – ask her to talk to Ginger for you to find out what’s
bothering her --- there is really nothing to lose – just in case you
decide to talk to her, her number is 207-443-1125 and she lives in From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am so worried, though the vets do not
seem to be. We took her to a different emergency room at 5 am, one with a
veterinary referral center during the day with internists, because she got
almost completely limp. They put her on IV fluids and by the time the
internist came in at 8 he apparently thought she looked fine. The ultrasounded
her and did not see anything wrong or any objects in her, only thing was her
bile looked thick around her gall bladder, which is apparently common in some
healthy cats as well. They x-rayed her and did not see the white circles
anywhere. They gave her a shot of pepcid and an antibiotic shot, and fed
her half a can of fancy feast salmon which they said she ate hungrily. The
internist said he could keep her another night on IV fluids but that it was ok
to take her home. He said three things could be the case: 1) that she ingested
something that is making its way out of her system now through her intestines
and that it gave her a stomach ache and she just still does not feel great, 2)
she has some kind of virus or low-grade bacterial infection that did not raise
her wbc, or 3) she has some sort of cancer that they can not see, but he did
not think it was this because there were no clinical signs and because she
perked up and ate just from pepcid and IV fluids. He did not do blood
work again, but went by the blood work from yesterday morning. We went to get
her, and she did not look right, but was brighter and trying to get her bandage
off and walked around the room a little, so we took her home. Upon getting in
the car, she climbed on my lap and bascially passed out asleep. When she got
home, I put her on a bed, and she fell asleep stretched out flat on her belly
with her face down in the covers. She has been like that ever since. We
called the internist after a couple of hours, and he said to give her more
time, that she is probably just tired and finally able to sleep now that she is
home, and to call back if she seems weaker. Well, about an hour ago I tried to
give her food and she gave one lick, then stood up and fell over sideways. She
got up again a minute or so later and went to jump off the bed, so I took her
and put her in the litter box, where she immediately sunk into a laying down
position and peed, and then just continued to lay there. I picked her up and
put her back on the bed, but she got up and wanted down, so I put her on the
floor. She took two steps and collapsed on my jacket, and has been sleeping
there ever since, again flat on her belly with her face in front of her in my
jacket. Her breathing is a little fast, but not much (36 breaths per minute,
normal is listed as 20-30 per minute). I called and tried to talk to the
internist again to ask him if this is what he meant by weaker, but he would not
get on the phone with me and told them to tell me that if I think she is worse
and am not comfortable having her at home to bring her in. I don't know
what to do. They seem to think there is nothing wrong because there are no
clinical signs and she ate while there, and I think all they will do if I bring
her back in is give her IV fluids, which the internist said can not have been
the difference between her being alert at the vet and collapsing in the car
because she would take a few hours for the effects of IV fluids to wear
off. I did give her periactin
yesterday morning trying to get her to eat, and I gave her a full dose (because
she had taken it in the past without problem, but I am not sure if it was a
full dose or half dose, as I am usually very cautious with periactin), and Gray
thinks that perhaps the Periactin combined with her not feeling good from
something and exhaustion of going to 2 emergency vets in 24 hours and having
blood drawn, 2 sets of x-rays and an ultrasound just might be making her feel
completely exhausted and weak. What do you think I should
do? If she really is just totally exhausted, I do not want to cart her an hour
back there and have her put in a cage and hooked up again. They also were
really bad at keeping me updated or returning my calls. But I am scared,
too, because she looks like she is dying. Except she is not throwing up, having
diarrhea, panting or gasping, and she ate half a can of food before leaving the
vet this morning... But Gray just printed some things out, which even yesterday
afternoon made her jump off the bed and run to the printer to play with it, and
she did not even register that she heard it. Please say lots of
prayers for her. She is almost 7, which makes me anxious as she has been
positive most if not all her life. The internist said there was no
evidence that was is going on has anything to do with her FeLV, but I am
scared. Thanks, Michelle In a message dated 2/20/2006 3:02:11 P.M.
Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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