Recent Content by skat

Well, I haven't been online since the last time I posted. We've had a few scary weeks. When we took Junior to the other veterinarian, he felt his bladder and decided he needed immediate surgery, didn't even want to discuss the non-surgery options he'd mentioned. When he performed the surgery...

Things got a little bit worse, but at the same time a little bit better. The vet's been unable to get the catheter in all the way and told me that he would recommend surgery but that he doesn't do that kind of surgery at his facility. He just doesn't have the expertise and the experience with...

Called the vet's office this morning and they were in the process of catheterizing him again to flush him out. I wasn't able to stop by and see him on my way to work since they were doing that, so I'm going to try to go see him on my lunchbreak. Thank goodness I have a boss who loves cats...

Well, when I brought him in, I had tossed a towel in his carrier that smells like me, and when I left the vet, I asked them to keep it there for him, so he has the scent of home there I like your tip much better, Hissy, but I've been battling a head and chest cold and haven't been able to go to...

Thanks to everyone for the warm welcome and for the warm thoughts! I'm sorry too that it took a health problem to bring me here. I wish I'd found this site a long time ago! Cat people themselves are a different breed than the average human, at least in my opinion, and sometimes only...

Sorry I didn't get on earlier...I was having some trouble connecting to the site. But here's an update: The vet's office opened at 8am, so I called right at 8, got the voicemail and called back at 8:05. The woman who answered said that he had become blocked again overnight (which they...

Hi, my name is Skat (it's actually Sherri, but Skat's my nickname, at least online) I came across this site tonight when doing some research on feline Urinary Obstructions, for which my male cat, Junior, is in the hospital right now I posted a message in the Health & Nutrition forum if anyone...

Hissy, Thank you for your response. In exploring through the messages here on the various forums, I've been able to calm myself down a bit, so I should head to bed soon. I think just going to bed without him there was tough. This is the first time one of our cats has had a life-threatening...

My cat, Junior, is at the vet with a Urinary Obstruction. I took him in this morning. He'd not been himself for two days and spent most of yesterday, last night and this morning just laying in the litter box, which he had never done before. My husband thought he was just constipated, which I...