Several weeks ago I posted about what a vet thought was some kind of transient stress episode that caused him to get lethargic, drool etc. He snapped out of it and seemed fine, and was recently to his vet again for constipation issues. They found nothing wrong with him and sent him home.
Last last night/early this morning, Pumpkin took his medicine (not willingly, I had to put it on his paws) and he seemed ok after that. He went to the bedroom window and was watching something outside. Suddenly he started this pitiful sounding meow and ran to the living room and hung out in one of his favorite places in our apartment - the top of his couch. He meowed off and on after that and his meows sounded a bit off, so I looked around to see if he threw up. Up to that point he did not but I noticed that Pumpkin had a silent trip to his litter box. I say silent because I didn't hear him do the usual scratching around before and after using his box.
He left a nice size poop in his box, which pleased me to no end. I disposed of it and started to praise him, when all of a sudden Pumpkin got down from his couch, ran to the bedroom and started to throw up. A lot. The vomit looked a little cream colored or whitish and when I cleaned it up it seemed a bit pasty. I wonder if he ate some litter when he was looking for me earlier. I took a shower about an hour before this happened and he came to the bathroom, acting like he was looking for me., Sometimes Pumpkin will eat litter and I never understood why. One of my friends said it could be stress.
After Pumpkin threw up he ran into his play tunnel and just laid there, not wanting to move. Being a helicopter mommy, I got him out of that tunnel and was trying to hold him but he ran out of my arms. I think he just wanted to be alone.
At one point he ran under the bed in the living room and just laid on the floor and was stretched out. I thought for sure he was dying on me. I had to take the covers off that bed, get the mattress off of the foundation and move the frame just to get to him. This was hard because I am in a wheelchair.
At one point I found a wet spot on the carpet underneath him but I checked and it wasn't urine. I think it was from drooling, which he did the first time he had one of these spells.
Eventually he snapped out of the worst part of this spell and he let me keep him on the living room bed next to me most of the night. He woke me up when he was walking over me, not sure what he was doing. Maybe he went to get some water?
I did his dishes and litter box this morning. I found only one pee spot but I'm not concerned about that because he peed pretty good yesterday and if memory serves, he peed just before I emptied his box and scrubbed it like I do every Saturday.
I was so scared that I went to my next door neighbor in this building and woke her up. I was scared of going through this alone and feel horrible that I bothered her. She said she didn't know what she could do, so I let her go back to bed.
I reached out to my brother by phone and Twitter, where we will message each other. I told him what happened but he didn't get back to me until a couple of hours ago and couldn't help either. He's taking care of our father, who's having serious health issues of his own.
It's been about 7 1/2 hours since this happened and I still don't know what to do. Pumpkin just started to eat again so that's a good sign.
I don't know what to do at this point except keep him as comfortable as possible. I use a wheelchair for pain reasons and can't walk w/o physical therapy. I have no car and depend on the bus. What happened last night proves that I am really alone and have no one to help me.
What else can I do? I will call his vet on Monday morning but other than that, I am at a loss. The earliest I could get him to the vet would be on Wednesday because the wheelchair bus requires two days' notice to reserve a ride.
Please help. I don't know what else to do. I wish there was a mobile vet in this area but I can't find one, Thank you. Sorry this was so long.
Last last night/early this morning, Pumpkin took his medicine (not willingly, I had to put it on his paws) and he seemed ok after that. He went to the bedroom window and was watching something outside. Suddenly he started this pitiful sounding meow and ran to the living room and hung out in one of his favorite places in our apartment - the top of his couch. He meowed off and on after that and his meows sounded a bit off, so I looked around to see if he threw up. Up to that point he did not but I noticed that Pumpkin had a silent trip to his litter box. I say silent because I didn't hear him do the usual scratching around before and after using his box.
He left a nice size poop in his box, which pleased me to no end. I disposed of it and started to praise him, when all of a sudden Pumpkin got down from his couch, ran to the bedroom and started to throw up. A lot. The vomit looked a little cream colored or whitish and when I cleaned it up it seemed a bit pasty. I wonder if he ate some litter when he was looking for me earlier. I took a shower about an hour before this happened and he came to the bathroom, acting like he was looking for me., Sometimes Pumpkin will eat litter and I never understood why. One of my friends said it could be stress.
After Pumpkin threw up he ran into his play tunnel and just laid there, not wanting to move. Being a helicopter mommy, I got him out of that tunnel and was trying to hold him but he ran out of my arms. I think he just wanted to be alone.
At one point he ran under the bed in the living room and just laid on the floor and was stretched out. I thought for sure he was dying on me. I had to take the covers off that bed, get the mattress off of the foundation and move the frame just to get to him. This was hard because I am in a wheelchair.
At one point I found a wet spot on the carpet underneath him but I checked and it wasn't urine. I think it was from drooling, which he did the first time he had one of these spells.
Eventually he snapped out of the worst part of this spell and he let me keep him on the living room bed next to me most of the night. He woke me up when he was walking over me, not sure what he was doing. Maybe he went to get some water?
I did his dishes and litter box this morning. I found only one pee spot but I'm not concerned about that because he peed pretty good yesterday and if memory serves, he peed just before I emptied his box and scrubbed it like I do every Saturday.
I was so scared that I went to my next door neighbor in this building and woke her up. I was scared of going through this alone and feel horrible that I bothered her. She said she didn't know what she could do, so I let her go back to bed.
I reached out to my brother by phone and Twitter, where we will message each other. I told him what happened but he didn't get back to me until a couple of hours ago and couldn't help either. He's taking care of our father, who's having serious health issues of his own.
It's been about 7 1/2 hours since this happened and I still don't know what to do. Pumpkin just started to eat again so that's a good sign.
I don't know what to do at this point except keep him as comfortable as possible. I use a wheelchair for pain reasons and can't walk w/o physical therapy. I have no car and depend on the bus. What happened last night proves that I am really alone and have no one to help me.
What else can I do? I will call his vet on Monday morning but other than that, I am at a loss. The earliest I could get him to the vet would be on Wednesday because the wheelchair bus requires two days' notice to reserve a ride.
Please help. I don't know what else to do. I wish there was a mobile vet in this area but I can't find one, Thank you. Sorry this was so long.
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