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Hi everyone, I’ve been a lurker on here for a while and finally decided to make an account in the hope that maybe I could get some support.
My precious 3 year old little girl, Tosie, might have anemia. She had some bloodwork done for a routine dental cleaning and for removal of a broken incisor. Her clinical symptoms were: reduced food intake (she was having a very hard time chewing and it seemed painful so was eating less, but was still interested in food if that makes sense), eating litter, and stress which was causing her to be very jumpy and to hide a lot.
at first the vet brushed it off as stress because our apartment is next to a busy four lane road, the emergency room, and a high school (it’s absolutely awful, I know) and she thought that the sounds and the fact that the apartment is small was stressing my little girl. I live in a multi-cat home (4 cats, including Tosie. 2 are her brothers and the other is a rescue, they all get along well but I have noticed one of her brothers has been showing some resource aggression lately). So I got a feliway diffuser and it really did help a lot! Until suddenly she started having difficulty eating again. That’s when my wife and I noticed she had a broken off incisor, which seemed to be poking into her gum, and a LOT of plaque build up on her teeth. We scheduled the dental appointment with a vet dentist and did the bloodwork, which just came in today.
The vet was very confused to find that, while her organs are in perfect condition and the vet can’t find any evidence of disease, Tosie’s hematocrit is slightly lower than it should be. She didn’t seem super concerned, more confused if I’m honest, and said I should come back in today to have blood redrawn to make sure it wasn’t a mistake with the machine. She did mention that she just wants to retest as a precaution since dental procedures require cats to be put under anesthesia.
I feel incredibly stupid saying it, but I’m scared out of my mind. I’ve been getting sick in the bathroom from anxiety all day. I keep seeing all the horror stories online of how people’s cats were diagnosed with anemia and then died days later. I keep seeing FELV pop up as a possibility and despite the fact that I rescued her when she was 6 weeks old, had her fully tested/fully vaccinated and keep her indoor only, I am still absolutely PETRIFIED that she will have some sneaky form of felv and that I’ll lose her.
I’m so sorry for the rant, I know I’m being ridiculous and I apologize to the people on here who are going through real problems with their cat who may see me overreacting like this..but I just really need some support. Or anything really. Im so scared
My precious 3 year old little girl, Tosie, might have anemia. She had some bloodwork done for a routine dental cleaning and for removal of a broken incisor. Her clinical symptoms were: reduced food intake (she was having a very hard time chewing and it seemed painful so was eating less, but was still interested in food if that makes sense), eating litter, and stress which was causing her to be very jumpy and to hide a lot.
at first the vet brushed it off as stress because our apartment is next to a busy four lane road, the emergency room, and a high school (it’s absolutely awful, I know) and she thought that the sounds and the fact that the apartment is small was stressing my little girl. I live in a multi-cat home (4 cats, including Tosie. 2 are her brothers and the other is a rescue, they all get along well but I have noticed one of her brothers has been showing some resource aggression lately). So I got a feliway diffuser and it really did help a lot! Until suddenly she started having difficulty eating again. That’s when my wife and I noticed she had a broken off incisor, which seemed to be poking into her gum, and a LOT of plaque build up on her teeth. We scheduled the dental appointment with a vet dentist and did the bloodwork, which just came in today.
The vet was very confused to find that, while her organs are in perfect condition and the vet can’t find any evidence of disease, Tosie’s hematocrit is slightly lower than it should be. She didn’t seem super concerned, more confused if I’m honest, and said I should come back in today to have blood redrawn to make sure it wasn’t a mistake with the machine. She did mention that she just wants to retest as a precaution since dental procedures require cats to be put under anesthesia.
I feel incredibly stupid saying it, but I’m scared out of my mind. I’ve been getting sick in the bathroom from anxiety all day. I keep seeing all the horror stories online of how people’s cats were diagnosed with anemia and then died days later. I keep seeing FELV pop up as a possibility and despite the fact that I rescued her when she was 6 weeks old, had her fully tested/fully vaccinated and keep her indoor only, I am still absolutely PETRIFIED that she will have some sneaky form of felv and that I’ll lose her.
I’m so sorry for the rant, I know I’m being ridiculous and I apologize to the people on here who are going through real problems with their cat who may see me overreacting like this..but I just really need some support. Or anything really. Im so scared