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[Hotfillyky]

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Yeah PP, don't beat yourself up, I dropped a couch on my cat when she was a kitten... Felt horrible about it. Accidents happen, just focus on helping her to get better.

👍

For real.....3 of the cats that I have think they walk on water. It took two times of going off the story and a half balcony before they realized they could not do that after all. Luckily all were fine. 🙄

 

[PetPony]

I'm trying to find a name for her that I like so that she at least has a name they can call her. For some reason, it makes me think that she is more likely to make it then. Haha :/

She made it almost half the night, one half more to go, little kitten. :/

 

[TrueFaith]

I'm trying to find a name for her that I like so that she at least has a name they can call her. For some reason, it makes me think that she is more likely to make it then. Haha :/

She made it almost half the night, one half more to go, little kitten. :/

Only good things can happen on Christmas, keep your head up 🙂

 

[Frozenshades]

I'm trying to find a name for her that I like so that she at least has a name they can call her. For some reason, it makes me think that she is more likely to make it then. Haha :/

She made it almost half the night, one half more to go, little kitten. :/

Wishing the best for you and your cat PP. Hang in there!

 

[PetPony]

I thought SDN actually wrote something for me until I realized that it probably just puts everybody's name up there. Haha

Thank you guys. For now, I'm just hoping I can see her in the morning. Then I can hope for the next best thing. One step at a time.

The other kitty seems to miss her. 🙁

 

[PetPony]

Update: Vet can't say for sure but looks like she's gonna make it. If I have someone that could watch her, she might be able to go home tomorrow if she keeps improving like she has so far.

Also, the estimate went from $1200 -$700 so that makes me happy too. Thank you for employee discounts. She'll be getting some new toys when she comes home!

 

[sunshinevet]

Update: Vet can't say for sure but looks like she's gonna make it. If I have someone that could watch her, she might be able to go home tomorrow if she keeps improving like she has so far.

Also, the estimate went from $1200 -$700 so that makes me happy too. Thank you for employee discounts. She'll be getting some new toys when she comes home!

PP my heart dropped a little to see that you were the last post in this thread - glad it was a good update 🙂

for your little kitty, I hope you get to have a nice xmas with them 🙂

 

[PetPony]

Thank you. 🙂

I'm keeping her at the hospital a little longer than he said she needed to be though. He said I'd be able to monitor her myself to save money but since I don't have a car to drive in case of emergencies and I bike to work and back, it's better to keep her here to make sure she'll be fine. That way I can check on her myself too since I would pass her cage all the time. 🙂

 

[Hotfillyky]

Thank you. 🙂

I'm keeping her at the hospital a little longer than he said she needed to be though. He said I'd be able to monitor her myself to save money but since I don't have a car to drive in case of emergencies and I bike to work and back, it's better to keep her here to make sure she'll be fine. That way I can check on her myself too since I would pass her cage all the time. 🙂

Yay! Good thoughts are helping I guess. 🙂 Now give that baby a Christmas pie name😀

 

[wildcatj]

Thank you. 🙂

I'm keeping her at the hospital a little longer than he said she needed to be though. He said I'd be able to monitor her myself to save money but since I don't have a car to drive in case of emergencies and I bike to work and back, it's better to keep her here to make sure she'll be fine. That way I can check on her myself too since I would pass her cage all the time. 🙂

So happy everything is (hopefully) going to be ok! I hope this is just a rough start to a long wonderful life together for the kitties and you!

 

[PetPony]

So happy everything is (hopefully) going to be ok! I hope this is just a rough start to a long wonderful life together for the kitties and you!

I really hope so. I'm spending all my savings on her and it'll be a while till I make that money again. Especially with needing to spay them next month and doing all of their vaccine rounds etc.

 

[Abnerrs]

I'm really, really glad to hear she's doing well PP. I just caught up on the thread. Good thoughts your kitty's way.

 

[PetPony]

I'm really, really glad to hear she's doing well PP. I just caught up on the thread. Good thoughts your kitty's way.

Thank you! It's so sad to see her hooked up to all of the machines. She's been sleeping most of the time but has been moving a bit. She was awake this morning but I don't think she really recognized me.

(Zuri on the other hand seems to have enjoyed some time alone at home.)



Couldn't help but smile this morning. She tried her hardest to reach the spoons full of milk. I really wish it'd be ok to give them milk. A bowl full of it would probably make her the happiest kitten alive

 

[Abnerrs]

Cute!

(I give my kitty teeny bits of milk every so often...lol)

 

[PetPony]

Cute!

(I give my kitty teeny bits of milk every so often...lol)

I may or may not be guilty of letting her lick my fingers this morning. 😉

 

[PetPony]

They just let me help with heart rate etc and all of that is normal. There's still slight neurological problems they say but it should be gone soon. Most likely ill be able to take her home tomorrow. 🙂 they let me cuddle with her a bit and I'm pretty sure she's back enough to recognize me this time. She never once stopped purring while I was holding her. She's such a good girl. I'm so happy she's doing better. I couldn't ask for a more awesome cat (this is coming from a dog person in a dog family hahaha).

😍

 

[Trematode]

Minor rant: I have my first toothache. I got popcorn stuck in it two weeks ago, got it out last weekend and now it is bothering me. I have never hurt my teeth before so I am not sure if I should see a dentist.

 

[StartingoverVet]

note to self..

when lighting the wood burning stove... remove bags of recycling from the top, otherwise you start a fire where you DON'T want it. 🙄

not to mention having a lot of toxic melted plastic fumes...

 

[wolfspeaker]

Cute!

(I give my kitty teeny bits of milk every so often...lol)

My mom has 1 cat that she always gives the bottom of the bowl to. Only a couple tablespoons of milk in there. But that cat LOVES it. Every morning, she waits patiently on the table sitting and watching my mom eat cereal.


A little milk shouldn't hurt her. (remember most farm cats early on subsisted on mice and milk from the cow) Just don't give her a bowl full!

 

[wolfspeaker]

note to self..

when lighting the wood burning stove... remove bags of recycling from the top, otherwise you start a fire where you DON'T want it. 🙄

not to mention having a lot of toxic melted plastic fumes...

The smell of burning/melting plastic.

 

[PetPony]

Patient? Not so much with mine. She tried pretty hard. I didn't pay attention one moment and the next she had her head in my oatmeal and come out with her face covered in milk.

 

[twelvetigers]

I have the cold from hell...

 

[DVMDream]

I have the cold from hell...

Feel better soon, my "cold" ended up being strep...

 

[Whyevernot55]

I have the cold from hell...

There was that awful plague going around during finals... I had the sinus infection from hell during our first final. Literally went straight to urgent care after to get all the drugs they would give me. Hopefully you have the version that clears up quickly!

 

[cowgirla]

There was that awful plague going around during finals... I had the sinus infection from hell during our first final. Literally went straight to urgent care after to get all the drugs they would give me. Hopefully you have the version that clears up quickly!

I think this is the first semester where I have escaped unscathed, healthwise. I always seem to end up with the plague when it's going around

 

[NStarz]

PetPony--any updates on your kitty??


Diarrhea kitten is still having diarrhea. Went back to imed today, went to nutritionist on Friday. Endoscopy might be in her future 🙁 I just want my baby to get better already! 🙁

 

[PetPony]

I took her home after work today. 🙂 A friend and my brother will be watching her throughout tomorrow and on Friday she's going to work with me to get bloodwork done again. Then all should be good.

She's very quiet today, but that's expected. The other kitty is a bit disappointed that she doesn't want to play yet. haha

 

[orca2011]

I have the cold from hell...

Ugh. Feel better soon. I'm coming down with one myself or my allergies are really acting up again leading to a another possible upper respiratory infection. Just what I need right before starting classes soon. I'm just hoping it's not the beginning of why my mom had over Christmas.

 

[PetPony]

Kitty doesn't want to eat. I don't think she's had anything today. 🙁

Also, I suck at giving meds to her. Got my fingertips all scratched up. 🙁

 

[wildcatj]

Kitty doesn't want to eat. I don't think she's had anything today. 🙁

Also, I suck at giving meds to her. Got my fingertips all scratched up. 🙁

So this doesn't work on all cats, but it's sometimes a sneaky way to give pills without having to put your fingers in their mouths. You scruff/hold their head with your non dominant hand, take the pill between your thumb and forefinger with your other hand and use your middle or ring finger to open their bottom jaw. Tip their head back and drop the pill in so that it lands in the very back of their mouth in the middle. Then you can hold their mouth closed and blow on their nose to get them to swallow or give them a little syringe full of water. I find it's way more effective than trying to shove it back there.
Hope kitty is feeling better soon though!

 

[PetPony]

So this doesn't work on all cats, but it's sometimes a sneaky way to give pills without having to put your fingers in their mouths. You scruff/hold their head with your non dominant hand, take the pill between your thumb and forefinger with your other hand and use your middle or ring finger to open their bottom jaw. Tip their head back and drop the pill in so that it lands in the very back of their mouth in the middle. Then you can hold their mouth closed and blow on their nose to get them to swallow or give them a little syringe full of water. I find it's way more effective than trying to shove it back there.
Hope kitty is feeling better soon though!

Giving the pill worked fine this morning. But after that i have a syringe full with something else and that's the problem. And this time, she threw up the liquid with the pill after a few seconds. 🙁

She's going in to have blood taken tomorrow and I'm gonna talk to them about it.

 

[wildcatj]

Giving the pill worked fine this morning. But after that i have a syringe full with something else and that's the problem. And this time, she threw up the liquid with the pill after a few seconds. 🙁

She's going in to have blood taken tomorrow and I'm gonna talk to them about it.

my advice is not so helpful then. hope you can figure it out!

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[BlackDog17]

My graduation party, which I never really wanted in the first place, is in two days . I know everyone there is going to be asking me about vet school. I was hoping to have at least an interview by now, but instead the best answer I can give is that I've been rejected from two schools (and tentatively rejected from two others) so far. 🙁

This party will also be the first time that my extended family is meeting my boyfriend, and I am convinced that they are going to grill him and try to embarrass me.

Just generally not looking forward to this party at this point. . .

 

[cs5910]

My graduation party, which I never really wanted in the first place, is in two days . I know everyone there is going to be asking me about vet school. I was hoping to have at least an interview by now, but instead the best answer I can give is that I've been rejected from two schools (and tentatively rejected from two others) so far. 🙁

This party will also be the first time that my extended family is meeting my boyfriend, and I am convinced that they are going to grill him and try to embarrass me.

Just generally not looking forward to this party at this point. . .

Have a couple glasses of wine to make the party (and the people) more enjoyable!! 😉

 

[cowgirla]

Have a couple bottlesof wine to make the party (and the people) more enjoyable!! 😉

fixed.

 

[PetPony]

Maisha didn't eat at all yesterday and puked this morning. Coming to work with me today. 🙁

 

[PetPony]

Kidney failure.

 

[wildcatj]

Kidney failure.

Do they think her values might come up? Or do they think it's permanent?

 

[PetPony]

They might but most likely it'll be chronic. They're showing me how to give sub q fluids at home because I can't afford the $900 he estimated if she stays here.

 

[that redhead]

PP, thinking of you (and her).

Found out my dog may be at the early end of kidney problems. Took blood after her vomit/bloody diarrhea-everywhere-episode yesterday and kidney values were slightly wonky. Dr said possibly due to dehydration but she's an old dog so it isn't out of the cards. Did urine sample, we'll see. Meanwhile I'm fighting her tooth and nail to give her her flagyl. Left my pill popper up in the great white north but it may be time to buy myself a second. Feeling like it's probably IBD but don't really want to biopsy, so.

$400 later (after the discount) and I can truthfully say I spent the most money on my dog, not family or SO, this Christmas.

 

[PetPony]

They gave me an estimate of $800-$1500 if I keep her in the ICU. But that just isn't an option. The $600 were already very hard, I can't get another $800 on top of that. Or more. So she got sub q fluids now and will again later. My roommate's bf is a vet tech and said she could get IV fluids all day tomorrow at his clinic and the vet here said that'd be the best option.

Recheck next week. She'll be on prescription food. And we're gonna determine then whether I'll need to give her fluids at home and how often. He gave her a life expectancy of about 5-7 years. I wasn't happy with that but what can I do about it now? I could still kick myself. If I had been just a little more careful Monday, then I wouldn't have this problem. 🙁

 

[devyn]

Sorry PP, that really sucks 🙁

RANT
Ugh I should have never come to LA for the holidays.... it has been great seeing family, but not so great on my dog. My original plan was to stay in Dublin alone as Roc really does not do as well with the stress of travel anymore and he cannot handle the stress of me being gone either. Pretty much I am stuck - I have to be with him. But I let guilt from my family and my own wish to see them (after a year) - cloud my judgement. I figured he would be ok - an environment he knows and he would adjust ok and have one last time in LA.

He did fine on the plane - always does - just slept pretty much the entire trip. And then the first 2 nights here he pretty much paced all night long. The 3rd night I felt we made some progress - he slept a whole 6 hours. But then the 4th night he had a seizure, then had 3 more during the night a few hours apart. Figured we were done and then came home yesterday from a movie - all was good and he had another one. So I stayed home from my sister's b'day dinner to watch him. She was pissed, but she does not understand. Stress can cause his seizures and I needed to be there to break the cycle. As of now he has been seizure free since yesterday at 5 PM PST. That is it..... Before this he would have 1 breakthrough seizure maybe once every few months, so this is a bit of a setback. He hasn't had cluster seizures in years. It makes me sad and mad - sad for him and mad at myself. I feel like I failed him. Poor guy is already old, epileptic, ataxic and not always right in the head.... and I caused him more stress. 🙁

On top of that, I have been sick for over a month now. With the cold that never ends.... it was at the tail end when I got on the flight and now it is coming back with a vengeance. My inner ear hurts today. I got a UTI the day I flew - and it is taking forever to go away. And I have a pain in my side that never goes away. Just to add to everything else.... I am sick of being sick. ROAR 😡

 

[orca2011]

People weren't kidding about how once people find out your in vet school, they'll come to you for advice on everything.

A family friend and her parents are looking at a dog to adopt and keep asking me for my thoughts and stuff. It wouldn't be that obnoxious but I'm at work and it's things such as possibly having to house train the dog since it was a stray...

Love them to death, but sheesh.

 

[nyanko]

oh devyn what a nightmare. that feeling of uncertainty after a seizure is the worst, nevermind a cluster event like that.

 

[twelvetigers]

Seizures in a pet are so scary, even if you get used to the event... I can definitely say that with certainty. So unpleasant.

 

[StartingoverVet]

Seizures in a pet are so scary, even if you get used to the event... I can definitely say that with certainty. So unpleasant.

oh devyn what a nightmare. that feeling of uncertainty after a seizure is the worst, nevermind a cluster event like that.

Sorry PP, that really sucks 🙁

RANT
Ugh I should have never come to LA for the holidays.... it has been great seeing family, but not so great on my dog. My original plan was to stay in Dublin alone as Roc really does not do as well with the stress of travel anymore and he cannot handle the stress of me being gone either. Pretty much I am stuck - I have to be with him. But I let guilt from my family and my own wish to see them (after a year) - cloud my judgement. I figured he would be ok - an environment he knows and he would adjust ok and have one last time in LA.

He did fine on the plane - always does - just slept pretty much the entire trip. And then the first 2 nights here he pretty much paced all night long. The 3rd night I felt we made some progress - he slept a whole 6 hours. But then the 4th night he had a seizure, then had 3 more during the night a few hours apart. Figured we were done and then came home yesterday from a movie - all was good and he had another one. So I stayed home from my sister's b'day dinner to watch him. She was pissed, but she does not understand. Stress can cause his seizures and I needed to be there to break the cycle. As of now he has been seizure free since yesterday at 5 PM PST. That is it..... Before this he would have 1 breakthrough seizure maybe once every few months, so this is a bit of a setback. He hasn't had cluster seizures in years. It makes me sad and mad - sad for him and mad at myself. I feel like I failed him. Poor guy is already old, epileptic, ataxic and not always right in the head.... and I caused him more stress. 🙁

On top of that, I have been sick for over a month now. With the cold that never ends.... it was at the tail end when I got on the flight and now it is coming back with a vengeance. My inner ear hurts today. I got a UTI the day I flew - and it is taking forever to go away. And I have a pain in my side that never goes away. Just to add to everything else.... I am sick of being sick. ROAR 😡

Definitely know how you feel... 😍

On a less serious note..

I know I have now hit rock bottom during break..

I watched the TV show Killer Karaoke today. I am desperate for entertainment.

 

[Frozenshades]

Definitely know how you feel... 😍

On a less serious note..

I know I have now hit rock bottom during break..

I watched the TV show Killer Karaoke today. I am desperate for entertainment.

Oh, dear god. I saw the ads for that. I'm so sorry.

 

[nohika]

Definitely know how you feel... 😍

On a less serious note..

I know I have now hit rock bottom during break..

I watched the TV show Killer Karaoke today. I am desperate for entertainment.

Mom and I watched a bit of that. We were like...what the heck? I still don't get the point of the show, but it was amusing when this German Shepard got a hold of this dude's balls...and he continued to sing. Maybe he was a eunuch? 😉

 

[cs5910]

I've been turned down by 10 equine vets for shadowing because they are afraid I'll ask to be added to payroll in the future 🙁 I live in an area where there are a very limited number of large animal vets... I need LA hours and don't know what to do 🙁

 

[DVMDream]

Still having issues with losing vision in my right eye.. Used to only happen every once in a while now it is every night, multiple times per night and it went from only lasting for a few seconds to now lasting up to a full minute or longer... I can also tell that my vision has drastically changed in that eye, it is super blurry and I am going to need a new contact prescription.... 🙁