My cat fell out a third story window.

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We have to go back in ttomorrow to have her cast put back on.
MOREEE money gone.

My poor little angel.

Thankfully by force-feeding her meds, she's sleepy a lot so I think it helps with the pain.

The not eating thing is the biggest worry of all so they're going to give her an appetite stimulant tonight.


I just want her to get better.




Thanks everyone for all the well wishes.
 
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Ok she still has not eaten or drank a sip of water and force feeding her is pretty much impossible, as she flails around and just makes her injury worse now that her cast is off.


Is she going to be ok?

We can't get her to the ER Vet until my husband gets home from work tonight.


Any advice at all?

I just have her on her pain medicine, sorta sedated and I'm hoping that'll hold her over until we can bring her in and they said they'll give her something to increase her appetite.

That isn't until later tonight though.

That's day 3 with no water and I can't get her to drink any, besides when I mix her medicine in some water to force that down her throat.
 

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Originally Posted by DaniMarie

Ok she still has not eaten or drank a sip of water and force feeding her is pretty much impossible, as she flails around and just makes her injury worse now that her cast is off.


Is she going to be ok?

We can't get her to the ER Vet until my husband gets home from work tonight.


Any advice at all?

I just have her on her pain medicine, sorta sedated and I'm hoping that'll hold her over until we can bring her in and they said they'll give her something to increase her appetite.

That isn't until later tonight though.

That's day 3 with no water and I can't get her to drink any, besides when I mix her medicine in some water to force that down her throat.
This is troubling. Please discuss this with your Vet. I don't want to scare you but you may need to have a feeding tube inserted. I hope your Sophie will be ok.
 

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I'm sorry to hear about Sophie. I hope that she heals well and starts feeling better soon.

and sending good vibes for both of you.

I hope everything works out well with you getting the apartment also.
 
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I just wanted to update yet again:


Last night the vet told us not to bring Sophie in because her regular doctor would be in tonight and it would be pointless to put the cast back on without the full exam with the doctor who knows her history and because of the fact that she keeps taking it off.

So they gave us appetite stimulants which , once again, I had to force down her throat, but then she ate during the night and even pooped!!!

She has an appointment with her doctor tonight at 7.

I'm just worried because she keeps spitting out all of her pain medicine and I have tried EVERYTHING.... put it in food (which is hard enough to get her to eat), put it in tuna, crush it up in tuna water, crush it up in cat milk.......she ends up losing about 75% of every pill and completely spit out her last anti-inflammatory this morning.

She's in so much pain. She yowls when it gets back and I get up and force feed her pain medicine, which she isn't even ingesting in full. (and obviously I'm scared to double it up in hopes that more will go down because I don't want to over-medicate my baby).

I just honestly hope there are more answers and solutions tonight after her trip to the doctor.

I can't even begin to describe to you the physical toll this has taken on me. I haven't been able to keep anything down in days.

Can you imagine if I had human children and they got hurt? Just seeing my little angel Sophie hurting is literally killing me!!!!!!!



So there's the update and I'll update again after her doctor's appointment.

Thanks so much once again for everyone's well wishes!!!!!!!!!
 

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You are doing everything you possibly can

I wish you both the best......do you mind if I ask which appetite stimulant you got?
 

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Can you try empty gel caps for her pain pill? Maybe it tastes bitter. When Raven was on Amitriptylene I had empty small gel caps that I bought to put his pill in. A little butter or water to slicken it and it went right down. You can get empty gel caps at health food stores or online.

Sending
 

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Well its really good that she ate and pooped!
that is signs she is getting back to normal.

Sending many vibes for her quick recovery

How terrifying
 

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I am so sorry for this terrible thing you and your baby are going through!
My siamese fell off 4th floor once, was missing for about 24 hs, and was found in a neighbor's garage. Other than very scared and dehydrated, she had a small trauma in the head but recovered in a week.
I wish both of you can be feeling well soon too!
 

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Is there one particular medication that she's foaming at the mouth from? It might be something bitter... in that case ask your vet if they can have a compounding pharmacy make up a prescription with flavoring. It costs more and it's a pain to have to go out of your way to get it, but it's much easier to get a chicken- or beef-flavored liquid into the cat.

I sounds like mixing the medication into food isn't working, and it may be part of why she's avoiding food. I think in this case all medications should be given with a syringe or a pill popper. I highly recommend these videos from the Cornell Feline Health Center on the best and easiest ways to give medication:

http://www.felinevideos.vet.cornell.edu/index.shtml

There may be techniques there that will help.
 

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I just saw this thread. I hope that you have good news from the vet tonight. If you are having trouble with fluids, can they send you home with fluids and show you how to administer them? I used to do that daily with my senior cat Timothy.
Sending prayers and vibes your way!
 

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sorry to hear this. your kitty sounds extremely frightened and I hope you can find something to calm her down.
 

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Another thought... when my cat had a bad respiratory infection and wasn't eating or drinking much, the vet injected subcutaneous fluids keep him hydrated for the next few days. I don't know if this is general practice with vets, but you might ask yours about it.
 
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Ok....

Not such good news.

The hip isn't staying in the socket and won't without surgery.

It will run us over a grand, which we've already spent over that and we are POOR.

We've applied for care credit and got denied.
Our credit isn't good and to top that off, we're moving in a couple of weeks sucking up ALL our savings, which trust me, isn't much. I haven't eaten since Monday so she could have her medicine.

She needs this surgery and I'm crying about it and DH is like "well maybe she can still live a decent life without it". I'm like no, absolutely not, I'd give my soul to make sure she has this surgery which has a 98% success rate that the cat will live a completely normal cat life without any pain. The vet said if she doesn't have it, she'll never be able to walk right and will live with pain and eventually really bad arthritis. He's an awesome guy and is trying to work with us (even throwing in freebies without letting the hospital know) but we can't make this money just appear....we just don't have it!!!!

Sophie is 8 months old. She has a whole long life ahead of her. This is my baby.

The vet put on some expensive $65 patch on her hip that will slowly release pain meds for four days so she's not in as much pain and sent us home with more pain meds and sedatives, but says she has to be confined to her little tiny crate for SIX WEEKS!!!! It's a full time job taking care of her, and I'm not complaining for my sake, I'm complaining for hers. I don't want her to be in anymore pain and I don't know HOW we are going to come up with the money for this surgery. I called other vets in the area and no one will take on this case because it's pre-existing and they don't want to touch it.

I don't know what I'm going to do.

Right now I'm going to the supermarket to pick up some babywipes for when she makes a mess of herself everytime I have to force-feed her meds, and soem babyfood, which the doctor suggested is easier to crush up the medicine in and syringe feed it.

I am praying and praying to God to please help me out here....I need a miracle right now.


 
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Here's my lil angel this morning after her medicine cuddling with the teddy bear I got her last night:




Everyone's solution that I talk to about this is: "You can't afford it Dani, you HAVE TO put her to sleep."


I can't even consider that , this is my baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm falling apart.

I really hope someone has SOME advice.
 

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I wish I had some advice, but I can relate to a certain extent. I have spent $1300 trying to get my kitties better and I am a graduate student living on my own right now. The situation my kitty is in requires 24/7 attention, and my work, finances, emotions, and any other kind of life are suffering. Many people have reccomended I put her to sleep as well, and if her qualit of life doesn't improve in the next week or two I might have to. It is killing me though, there is also a surgery my kitty can have, at about the same cost as yours, however not quite the same prognosis. I am currently applying for external help but it isn't looking promising. I am also her only caregiver, and am in a new city so I have zero help.
My thoughts and prayers are with you, the only advice I can give is for her fluids,fluids are so important. If the vet will show you how to administer sub-cutaneous fluids I would try this. I currently give kismet 100mL/day under the skin in her neck (it's quite easy to do) and doing this was the first turn around we had.
Honestly though, you can't starve yourself, if you don't look after yourself you can't look after her and your other kitties. Stay strong, but you can only do so much, and you can always take solace in the fact that YOU have done EVERYTHING that is in your power...........we can't control everything.
GOod luck, my thoughts and prayers are with you and sophie.
 

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I don't have much for advice...I would check with banks and family to try and get the money. Will the vet work out a payment plan with you? That could be another option.
My husband's cousin was in a similar situation and ended up getting help from the local Humane Society. It was a similar amount of money.



She looks so sweet with her teddy.
 
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