Hey all.
I’ve had a lonnngggg 48 hours, almost lost my kitty Sunday night. I’m hoping someone has experienced something even close to this that may have ideas, I guess I’m just trying to settle my anxieties while I wait for his next doctor visit.
Sunday evening I came home and my cat didn’t come out from his napping space like usual so I checked on him. I found him laid out under the bed (his safe space) looking at me oddly and let out a tiny meow. I knew something was wrong so I pulled him out, he didn’t fight me at all. He just continued to lay there. I got his carrier and stuff ready and went back to him, he tried to stand and fell over and let out an awful, painful meow. Needless to say we went straight the the ER vet.
His blood pressure was dangerously high, weak pulse, low heart rate, low temperature, and pretty unresponsive by the time they had him in the back. His prognosis was poor, I had to say my goodbyes, no one was confident he would make it through the night.
Well, he did! Which is great and also scary. He’s home now after 2 nights, he’s walking a bit, can jump on the bed, drinking but he hasn’t eaten since the day it’s all happened. I’m watching him like a hawk and it’s driving me crazy. He lays there sort of listless but sometimes he will perk up and walk around, meow a bit, I’ll pet him and he will lay back into the same position. He’s a tiny bit shaky, like a shiver, he was like that in the hospital too.
All tests ran came back normal. His kidney values haven’t changed since his last check in March. His temp was the last thing to stabilize. They are saying maybe a stroke, mini stroke, vessel spasm in his brain, something that caused pressure build up, maybe a tumor would be that cause. He sees a neurologist on Thursday. MRI is up for discussion based on that.
He’s definitely not himself. I don’t even know if he will fully recover from whatever happened. I can’t imagine that he would be so soon after what just happened. He’s my little fighter and I’m so incredibly glad that my goodbye to him wasn’t the last, but Now I’m terrified of it happening again. I’m lucky enough to be in the middle of some time off so I can monitor him.
I know this is such a long post, I just needed to vent to someone, anyone, while I sit in this room staring at my best friend that I’m so afraid of losing. This episode happened out of the blue with no warning
I’ve had a lonnngggg 48 hours, almost lost my kitty Sunday night. I’m hoping someone has experienced something even close to this that may have ideas, I guess I’m just trying to settle my anxieties while I wait for his next doctor visit.
Sunday evening I came home and my cat didn’t come out from his napping space like usual so I checked on him. I found him laid out under the bed (his safe space) looking at me oddly and let out a tiny meow. I knew something was wrong so I pulled him out, he didn’t fight me at all. He just continued to lay there. I got his carrier and stuff ready and went back to him, he tried to stand and fell over and let out an awful, painful meow. Needless to say we went straight the the ER vet.
His blood pressure was dangerously high, weak pulse, low heart rate, low temperature, and pretty unresponsive by the time they had him in the back. His prognosis was poor, I had to say my goodbyes, no one was confident he would make it through the night.
Well, he did! Which is great and also scary. He’s home now after 2 nights, he’s walking a bit, can jump on the bed, drinking but he hasn’t eaten since the day it’s all happened. I’m watching him like a hawk and it’s driving me crazy. He lays there sort of listless but sometimes he will perk up and walk around, meow a bit, I’ll pet him and he will lay back into the same position. He’s a tiny bit shaky, like a shiver, he was like that in the hospital too.
All tests ran came back normal. His kidney values haven’t changed since his last check in March. His temp was the last thing to stabilize. They are saying maybe a stroke, mini stroke, vessel spasm in his brain, something that caused pressure build up, maybe a tumor would be that cause. He sees a neurologist on Thursday. MRI is up for discussion based on that.
He’s definitely not himself. I don’t even know if he will fully recover from whatever happened. I can’t imagine that he would be so soon after what just happened. He’s my little fighter and I’m so incredibly glad that my goodbye to him wasn’t the last, but Now I’m terrified of it happening again. I’m lucky enough to be in the middle of some time off so I can monitor him.
I know this is such a long post, I just needed to vent to someone, anyone, while I sit in this room staring at my best friend that I’m so afraid of losing. This episode happened out of the blue with no warning
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