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I will guys, I really appreciate the prayers and hearing that your kitty got through this Setsuna. It gives me hope. I’m praying like mad that when the vet finally calls, it will be with good news; I’m dearly hoping for the line that he is ‘responding well to treatment.’ Right now I’m running on only five hours of sleep, feeling burned out and I only just realized what ‘catheter’ meant. I’m going to do my best to occupy myself today and keep positive.
Do you think it could maybe be his other end like a bowl problem or constipation? Do you ever leave some of his food out in the air or refrigerate any leftovers? Maybe something in the food could have been bad. Does he go outside? Hopefully he didn’t eat something else that could have been poisonous outside or a mouse or something with diease. Or maybe your cat could have kidney or gall stones or a bladder or kidney infection. If you can get some bladder infection medicine or pills you can make the cat swallow that might help but if he was panting as well that could mean something is seriously wrong and you should try and get into the vet as soon as possible if you can put it on a credit card. Hopefully he is okay before you have to leave. Is there someone to look after him while you are gone?
Sorry I didn’t get back to you on this last night Kim! When I got back I was wiped out physically and emotionally – I kind of still am though I am functioning a little better now since I slept for five hours. There’s no longer any debate of what’s wrong with him – his urethra is blocked. I specifically only give him enough that he can eat in one sitting. He’s an indoor kitty, so his exposure to things which could hurt him are very limited and we keep the things that can hurt him well away from him. The only human food we ever give him is the odd, rare, teensy bit of cheese as a treat.
It’s definitely going on my credit card and I am thanking my lucky stars that I just got the thing. I will be taking the bus or the taxi to go see him and get him while my parents are gone. I gotta be here for him – he needs me.
Again, please, I beg everyone to keep Casper in your thoughts and prayers. He needs all the positive energy that he can get to help him heal!
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Falcolf, I’ll be keeping Casper in my thoughts. I hope he recovers and goes back to being his happy, playful self soon. Until then, I hope you and he stay strong.
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https://www.redbubble.com/people/prezaurian?ref=artist_title_nameOh he’s so cute! I hope he gets better fast! Good thing you took him in right away! We had a male cat once who had the same problem and he got better after seeing the vet so your little guy should be okay!
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I hope so! (Oh my gosh yes he is, I squee over how cute he is daily when he is home!) When I called yesterday afternoon (sorry I didn’t update you guys immediately D: I was distracted with keeping my mind occupied) the vet said that he’s surviving so far and that they are going to try to take the catheter out today. If all goes well with that and he proves that he can pee on his own he will be coming home tomorrow or the next day… crossing my fingers. I am uncertain whether he is out of the danger zone yet. Apparently there was a surprising amount of debris inside of his bladder (they didn’t operate, that’s just what came out,) salts and crystals and whatnot, so no wonder he had his issue. Casper is probably going to be stuck taking medicine for a while, if not indefinitely to keep his urinary tract working properly. The vet said that because this happened before and because I feed Casper wet food, it seems likely that the little guy may be prone to urinary tract issues. Today I am going to try to get a hold of my cousin to see if she can give me a ride when it comes time to pick up Casper and bring him home – it would be better than the bus or a taxi which are horrid expensive here. Apparently Casper was giving all the vet staff his trademark squirrelly I’m-afraid-of-every-human-but-my-mommy look so the vet was considering putting him in the isolation ward so that he could have some peace and quiet. Hearing that made me laugh – I did tell them that he’s a scaredy kitty! He is an ex-feral kitty after all.
So, I don’t actually know if I can say he has escaped the issue yet but I am very grateful that this happened before I was due to leave (actually my parents just left, that sucked, but they said they were proud of me) or else I am pretty sure that I would have lost him. I guess the universe was operating in my favour after all so I am grateful. <3 Please continue to keep him in your thoughts and thank you guys so much for helping so far. I'm fearing the bill right now but I am dearly hoping that my $1,000 credit limit will cover it. 🙁 It's nothing to him living and being alive and well though of course!
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Glad to hear that it sounds like he’s getting better! That’s great news if the vet is going to try taking out the catheter today. I’ll cross my fingers for you on the vet bill being manageable.
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https://www.redbubble.com/people/prezaurian?ref=artist_title_nameSo, update; the catheter is coming out tonight and they are going to start him on some medication. He’s still a little blocked and he hasn’t been eating much, probably because he’s scared or is just feeling icky. They’re hoping to send him home tomorrow though if he doesn’t pee on his own they’ll be back to square one. It’s the weirdest thing ever to have to pray that your cat will pee of all things but that’s how things are. Poor baby. 🙁
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Well, my MIL is in the hospital and may have had a stroke, our expensive newer riding mower blew itself up again and the manufacturer is essentially telling us to bug off, we have to buy a new one as we can’t push-mow our acres of lawn, the car is falling apart, my 9 year old computer that I depend on to work is falling apart, my garden has blight from our cold and very wet summer (I depend on it for food) annnd our very beloved family dog had to be very unexpectedly euthanized yesterday after cancer that we didn’t know he had essentially exploded in his abdomen and caused him immense pain and he had no chance of survival. I haven’t been this depressed in years.
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Falcolf, glad Casper’s getting better, it may be slow but it’s in the right direction – hope he continues to improve and comes home soon! 🙂
Jennifer, wow that’s so much to have to deal with. Keeping you & your family in my thoughts and prayers. Hope things get better for you soon.
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https://www.redbubble.com/people/prezaurian?ref=artist_title_nameOh gosh Jennifer, that’s horrible, I really hope things improve for you soon. 🙁
Update: Casper is going to be kept over the weekend at the vet and the catheter has been put back in. He’s being treated with valium to keep him calm. If the blockage isn’t out by Monday, he will require surgery. Relief though; so far the bill is manageable. It will double though if the surgery happens. D: (Gosh cat, get better, please!) I’m going to take the bus and visit him this weekend at the vet since the doc very nicely said that I could. Hopefully that’ll cheer the poor little guy up. Otherwise he’s doing well, so I guess he’s no longer in imminent danger of dying. It was a huge relief to hear the vet say that! Still super worried though of course.
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OMG Jennifer! I am so sorry that all this is happening to you. Seems like nothing is letting up–one bad thing after another. This year has taken it’s best shots with me and I’m afraid it’s not over yet. Very sorry about the dog–sounds like the same thing that happened to my sister’s dog earlier this year–only her dog passed in her sleep, but it was cancer.
Everyone who has lost pets, have issues with neighbors and all around crappy things happening to them, I hope things will get better for all. It does help to vent on here–we all can relate.
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I lost my Grandad last month to a horrible combination of leukaemia, pnemonia and kidney failure. He was in a lot of pain and he really suffered towards the end. He was only diagnosed with leukaemia 4 months before he passed away. He led a full and active life and he was only 75. I was very close to him and I miss him so much. :,-( To make it worse, my partner and I moved into our new home less than a week before he passed, and he never got to see it. It is our first time buying, and now it will always be tainted for me. When it comes round to the anniversary of our move, It will always be on my mind.
The last four months of my life have become a distant, fragmented memory, which also includes my 25th birthday. At least he was home from hospital at the time, so we had a small family gathering to celebrate. I’m just thankful he was there to see me turn 25, but we all thought he would be around for a LOT longer.
I thought he was indestructable, i thought he would see me get married, and become a Great-Grandad, but that wasn’t to be. He didn’t want to accept his fate, he would cry when we walked into his hospital room, and I have never seen him so much as shed a tear until that point. It broke my heart, and it will always be cracked now that he has gone.
Life can be so unfair.blargle, my surgery wound split on Monday and bled a lot, went to see my doctor yesterday since I had an appointment set up already but then she tells me it is infected….I was put on anti-biotics that are really not being nice to my body at the moment….
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