Cat troubles
Aug. 11th, 2006 09:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bookzombieJust to welcome me back from foreign climes, we have had to take Willow to the emergency vet.
She has been quite quiet for a couple of weeks now and this evening I found her under the apple tree. She did not react to my presence at all, even when I clicked my fingers in front of her eyes. So we called the emergency vet number and took her in.
The news is not good. She is very ill. She is 70% dehydrated and her kidneys are enlarged so the verdict is that she has almost certainly got kidney failure. Basically she has a 3-5% chance of recovery and without some treatment she is unlikely to last more than another couple of days. The likely cause is cancer, though her jabs are up to date so it is unusual (but not unprecedented).
The vet has taken blood to get some tests done and in the meantime she is on a drip. We need to call tomorrow at 10am to get an update. If she has not shown any signs of improvement then we are likely to have to have her put down.
So she has a small chance of making it through, but we have to prepare for the worst. Dammit.
She has been quite quiet for a couple of weeks now and this evening I found her under the apple tree. She did not react to my presence at all, even when I clicked my fingers in front of her eyes. So we called the emergency vet number and took her in.
The news is not good. She is very ill. She is 70% dehydrated and her kidneys are enlarged so the verdict is that she has almost certainly got kidney failure. Basically she has a 3-5% chance of recovery and without some treatment she is unlikely to last more than another couple of days. The likely cause is cancer, though her jabs are up to date so it is unusual (but not unprecedented).
The vet has taken blood to get some tests done and in the meantime she is on a drip. We need to call tomorrow at 10am to get an update. If she has not shown any signs of improvement then we are likely to have to have her put down.
So she has a small chance of making it through, but we have to prepare for the worst. Dammit.
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Date: 2006-08-11 10:59 pm (UTC)Not to pre-empt actual diagnosis, or do the wish-fulfilment thing - but I went through this with both my girls as they aged, and (a) a night on a drip can perk a cat up radically, and (b) if the kidneys are not in total collapse, a cat can live a long time with renal disability. Diet & medication are effective. But of course every case is unique, and some just leave you nowhere to go.
Thinking of you - keep us in touch, yeah?
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Date: 2006-08-12 10:33 am (UTC)I'm just glad that this didn't come to a crisis point when I was 6000 miles away and
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Date: 2006-08-12 06:01 pm (UTC)