*Hello (:
I just came across this message board because last night we had to take our family cat Sidney to the emergency vet. Below is the story of what happened that I typed for a friend.....
My mom and I had to take our part Siamese cat, Sidney to the emergency vet tonight (I know it's technically Saturday but I'm writing this as it was Friday). I noticed that around 5:45pm that I hadn't seen him since I had gotten home from my dr's appt. I looked all around the house and started panicking because I remembered that earlier I had heard him crying. When he cries it usually means he's lonely or "caught" a toy mouse and I call his name and he finds me. He never came to me which is strange. So at this point I'm running around calling and calling him and finally find him just laying/sitting. I was just relieved to find him so I let him be. But when my mom got home he was still in the same spot and he always greets her. He greets all of us. We knew something was wrong when he didn't greet her and after she ate dinner I picked him up and he yowled and yowled and his lower sides were trembling.
I checked his behind to see if he had eaten something and it was stuck coming out and perhaps it was half way out. He has this problem from time to time where he eats something like easter grass and we need to pull it out, sorry, tmi lol. But his butt looked fine. He didn't want to sit though, he would try but he couldn't get his butt to touch the bed, it was always a few inches off.
I called our vet who was closed but left a message anyway just in case they happened to check their voice mail like they do after they close but they didn't call back. He tried jumping off the bed but couldn't, he wanted off the bed but was really hesitant about jumping off because it would hurt so I lifted him down and he slowly walked to the bathroom. I put a blanket and his cat water fountain in there and sat by him. I could tell he was in a lot of pain and I thought he felt hot.
My mom and I decided to take him to the emergency vet which we hate doing because it's so expensive. He has to stay overnight and tomorrow morning my mom and I will pick him up and take him to our vet for an ultrasound because it will be cheaper.
The xrays show that there is a lot of cat food in his belly so he obviously hasn't pooped. Something is obstructing the food from coming out but they don't know what. The vet sent the xrays to a radiologist who emailed back and said that Sidney doesn't need surgery at this point but he does need an ultrasound to see if that can determine what foreign object could be in there.
Sidney does have a temperature too. And his blood work showed low white count so there is also an infection going on somewhere. It's not in his kidneys or liver thank goodness as those blood test results were good. It could be Pancreatitis because the one blood test came back a little weird that is related to the pancreas. But, it could be an UTI or an intestinal infection. We just don't know.
The vet's words were that he is in tremendous pain. And even if he did need surgery, he couldn't have it until he's stable. He is dehydrated, in pain, and has an infection. So he's staying overnight getting IV fluids, antibiotics (not sure if it's by IV or not) and pain meds. And in the morning we're picking him up and taking him to our vet for an ultrasound.
We can also call to check on him throughout the night and so far he's doing good, just loopy up on pain meds.
It's a very touch and go situation. We don't know if we'll come home with our Sid Sid (as we call him) at all.....
I don't even want to think about that with just having to put Bunny down in November and my Ricky kitty dieing on Good Friday last year.
I'm trying my very best to stay positive and Sidney, my mom, brother, and I could all use as many prayers as you can give us!
*My mom and I are going to go pick him very soon to take him to our vet for the ultrasound. I hope everything will be ok.
I just came across this message board because last night we had to take our family cat Sidney to the emergency vet. Below is the story of what happened that I typed for a friend.....
My mom and I had to take our part Siamese cat, Sidney to the emergency vet tonight (I know it's technically Saturday but I'm writing this as it was Friday). I noticed that around 5:45pm that I hadn't seen him since I had gotten home from my dr's appt. I looked all around the house and started panicking because I remembered that earlier I had heard him crying. When he cries it usually means he's lonely or "caught" a toy mouse and I call his name and he finds me. He never came to me which is strange. So at this point I'm running around calling and calling him and finally find him just laying/sitting. I was just relieved to find him so I let him be. But when my mom got home he was still in the same spot and he always greets her. He greets all of us. We knew something was wrong when he didn't greet her and after she ate dinner I picked him up and he yowled and yowled and his lower sides were trembling.
I checked his behind to see if he had eaten something and it was stuck coming out and perhaps it was half way out. He has this problem from time to time where he eats something like easter grass and we need to pull it out, sorry, tmi lol. But his butt looked fine. He didn't want to sit though, he would try but he couldn't get his butt to touch the bed, it was always a few inches off.
I called our vet who was closed but left a message anyway just in case they happened to check their voice mail like they do after they close but they didn't call back. He tried jumping off the bed but couldn't, he wanted off the bed but was really hesitant about jumping off because it would hurt so I lifted him down and he slowly walked to the bathroom. I put a blanket and his cat water fountain in there and sat by him. I could tell he was in a lot of pain and I thought he felt hot.
My mom and I decided to take him to the emergency vet which we hate doing because it's so expensive. He has to stay overnight and tomorrow morning my mom and I will pick him up and take him to our vet for an ultrasound because it will be cheaper.
The xrays show that there is a lot of cat food in his belly so he obviously hasn't pooped. Something is obstructing the food from coming out but they don't know what. The vet sent the xrays to a radiologist who emailed back and said that Sidney doesn't need surgery at this point but he does need an ultrasound to see if that can determine what foreign object could be in there.
Sidney does have a temperature too. And his blood work showed low white count so there is also an infection going on somewhere. It's not in his kidneys or liver thank goodness as those blood test results were good. It could be Pancreatitis because the one blood test came back a little weird that is related to the pancreas. But, it could be an UTI or an intestinal infection. We just don't know.
The vet's words were that he is in tremendous pain. And even if he did need surgery, he couldn't have it until he's stable. He is dehydrated, in pain, and has an infection. So he's staying overnight getting IV fluids, antibiotics (not sure if it's by IV or not) and pain meds. And in the morning we're picking him up and taking him to our vet for an ultrasound.
We can also call to check on him throughout the night and so far he's doing good, just loopy up on pain meds.
It's a very touch and go situation. We don't know if we'll come home with our Sid Sid (as we call him) at all.....
I don't even want to think about that with just having to put Bunny down in November and my Ricky kitty dieing on Good Friday last year.
I'm trying my very best to stay positive and Sidney, my mom, brother, and I could all use as many prayers as you can give us!
*My mom and I are going to go pick him very soon to take him to our vet for the ultrasound. I hope everything will be ok.
