Hi all. Long story short, my cat ate a leaf off of my Mother's Day Easter lilies on Monday while I was at work. I feel an immense amount of guilt, let's try not to get into that. I rushed him to the emergency vet and he was promptly admitted for two days and kept on IV fluids.
Over the two days he was there, his blood work all came back normal. After 48 hours they discharged him, and tonight at the 72-hour mark I took him back for follow-up blood work to make sure everything looked good. And it did--his levels all look 'perfect.'
The thing is, they want me to bring him in AGAIN tomorrow for another check. Everything I've read on lily toxicity seems to indicate we'd at least have seen a spike in his renal blood work by 72 hours after consumption. Their service is really slow so to take him in tomorrow would mean a stressful ride in the car, plus waiting in the lobby inside a carrier for an hour (seriously), plus another round of being poked with needles. It's incredibly stressful on him and I'm torn. My family thinks the vet is milking me at this point, and I do NOT want to put him through another blood draw tomorrow if it really isn't necessary. Does anyone know anything about the monitoring period after being treated for lily consumption? Or does anyone have any experience they can share? (God I hope not ) I will absolutely take him if it's something that really should be done, but I feel so bad for the poor thing. He's had a heck of a week.
Over the two days he was there, his blood work all came back normal. After 48 hours they discharged him, and tonight at the 72-hour mark I took him back for follow-up blood work to make sure everything looked good. And it did--his levels all look 'perfect.'
The thing is, they want me to bring him in AGAIN tomorrow for another check. Everything I've read on lily toxicity seems to indicate we'd at least have seen a spike in his renal blood work by 72 hours after consumption. Their service is really slow so to take him in tomorrow would mean a stressful ride in the car, plus waiting in the lobby inside a carrier for an hour (seriously), plus another round of being poked with needles. It's incredibly stressful on him and I'm torn. My family thinks the vet is milking me at this point, and I do NOT want to put him through another blood draw tomorrow if it really isn't necessary. Does anyone know anything about the monitoring period after being treated for lily consumption? Or does anyone have any experience they can share? (God I hope not ) I will absolutely take him if it's something that really should be done, but I feel so bad for the poor thing. He's had a heck of a week.