Probably just being nervous for nothing

So I cant sleep tonight. In the morning (in 4 hrs to be exact) I am taking my babies Panda, Chip, and Bailey to be neutered. They are a bit overdue on getting it done. I have a friend who has scared me because her cat died under anesthesia when she had him in to be fixed, a few months ago. I know this is an uncommon happening, but it still makes me nervous. As you may know the boys were born by emergency c-section, and then hand raised by me when their mom's milk never dropped. The vet thankfully waited till the kittens were bigger and stronger to tell me that she had a hard time getting the kittens to come around when they were born. I knew that Chip in particular had to be almost continuously stimulated to breath for the first night, I didn't sleep at all as I was freaked out that he would stop breathing and I wouldn't be able to keep him going (I did loose the little girl in the litter at 6 days old ). He was only taking a breath every once every minute, I don't really know the time, but they were really spaced out. Panda and Bailey were breathing continuously just in a labored looking way. The vet was surprised Chip actually survived the night let alone to be the happy little guy he is now, him in particular, but his brothers as well. I was actually told that they were unsure they were going to be able to get any of the kittens to come around  at first, that they were taking longer than normal. It may be completely unrelated because an emergency c-section as frail little kittens and the affect of anesthesia on them now, but them having to go under tomorrow I am worried they will have a bad reaction. I cant stand to think I could loose one of them... I know I am probably over worrying for nothing.

Oh hun....
It is going to be ok
It is such a simple procedure, they will be back on momma's lap in no time :heart3:
Vibes for them and momma tomorrow

Carolina said:

Oh hun....

It is going to be ok

It is such a simple procedure, they will be back on momma's lap in no time

Vibes for them and momma tomorrow

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Thank You, I know it is simple and have fixed other cats before. I have never felt this worried over it before either (part of that may have to do with what happened with my friend). These are my little babies and I have a different kind of bond with them than I do with my others. I don't know why it is eating at me so much, I don't think I will feel fine until I get them back tomorrow afternoon. The other part that is bothering me is that I'm sure Panda is going to be crying, he gets separation anxiety when I leave the house, and if he cant get in the same room as me he freaks, I am worried how worked up he might get himself being left alone in a strange place.

CatNamedPanda said:

Thank You, I know it is simple and have fixed other cats before. I have never felt this worried over it before either (part of that may have to do with what happened with my friend). These are my little babies and I have a different kind of bond with them than I do with my others. I don't know why it is eating at me so much, I don't think I will feel fine until I get them back tomorrow afternoon. The other part that is bothering me is that I'm sure Panda is going to be crying, he gets separation anxiety when I leave the house, and if he cant get in the same room as me he freaks, I am worried how worked up he might get himself being left alone in a strange place.

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Do you have a pair of pajamas you wear every night?
Go to your hamper and get some shirts, or something that has your scent on..... Then when you go to the vet, leave one shirt/pajama with each one of them to be placed in the cage.... It will be there to comfort them while they wait, and when they wake up

Carolina said:

Do you have a pair of pajamas you wear every night?
Go to your hamper and get some shirts, or something that has your scent on..... Then when you go to the vet, leave one shirt/pajama with each one of them to be placed in the cage.... It will be there to comfort them while they wait, and when they wake up

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That's a good idea, I just did laundry but there is a collection of throw blankets in my bed, ( I have a bit of an obsession with the nice soft blankets) I snuggle up with them while I watch tv or read, and I sleep with them at night because I always start getting cold as soon as I am tired. I'm sure they have my sent on them with as much as I have been using them, plus they love to snuggle and knead on them too. I can send those with them tomorrow.

CatNamedPanda said:

That's a good idea, I just did laundry but there is a collection of throw blankets in my bed, ( I have a bit of an obsession with the nice soft blankets) I snuggle up with them while I watch tv or read, and I sleep with them at night because I always start getting cold as soon as I am tired. I'm sure they have my sent on them with as much as I have been using them, plus they love to snuggle and knead on them too. I can send those with them tomorrow.

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There you go.... you will be right there with them

That is a sweet idea Carolina, about the blankets.

Don't worry CatNamedPanda, nothing to be done on your end but trust.

Hope you let us know the good news of them coming home.

My Peanut Butter came from the Humane Society. So when I dropped him off at the vets to be fixed he thought the worse. He was going back in.

What a wonderful idea about the blankets!

Please try not to worry about your babies....they're in good hands and everything will be OK. I understand your concern about them, especially with their frail start in life, but they need to be neutered and it's a good time. Many  for your kids and for you, too. And lots of coming their way! Please let us know as soon as you hear anything!

(I was a mess when Tabby was spayed....it's really hard to handle. And sometimes it's harder on us than it is on them.  )

Trust me, l bawled my eye's on the 3 occasions l handed my kids over to the nurse, and l was a wreck until l had them home.

Keep yourself busy and the phone call will come to collect them before you know it. If their anything like Sophie the call may come through sooner than you expect. She cried the whole time in the recovery room so they called me to say lt was ok to bring her home, but could l go straight up because she was stressing the other animals    Yes, that's my girl!

We had Abby for a few days when she went in for her spay and I was a wreck! The odds of your babies being fine are way in your favor. Your vet knows them and their history and will take special care with them. Sending and

How did it go with the vets. I know when I had my dogs spayed I sobbed at the drop off and then I was inconsolable when I picked them up and saw their shaved bellies and stitches. Ugh I felt awful, and they were feeling fine. 

Kairi goes in for his neuter in 2 weeks, and I'm already feeling quite jumpy about it. But I've seen cats neutered, and have neutered a few myself, in school. Doesn't change the nerves when it's MY baby. 

I neutered Bootsy when he was 4 months old. I didn't raise him from a bottle baby, but I did de-feralize him. He is my baby boy, and I was an absolute wreck when I dropped him off.

And he was fine. Absolutely fine. No complications whatsoever. He just slept a lot (fell asleep in front of the water bowl actually :lol3, but was fine less than 12 hours later. I brought him home at 4pm, and by 4am he was back to his usual self, pouncing on my feet under the blankets and waking me up.

So, vibes for your babies. but don't worry!!!

Everything went great at the vet, no complications at all. They were their normal loving selves while they were there, and Panda was fine if someone paid a little attention to him when he cried.  The anesthesia they used doesn't have lasting grogginess they were their normal selves when I picked them up. In fact they don't even seem to notice that they are missing anything. Although the first thing they did when I let them out of their carriers was sniff each others back-ends like "what happened to you brother" Them being so happy when I picked them up made me feel so much better. Now to actually get some sleep tonight! I knew they were going to be fine, it is just those what ifs that get me.

There you go!, all back safe and sound! 

 Yay for the boys!

My sister just had Liam neutered last Thursday. He came back home that night and raced around the kitchen like he had to make up for lost time. My sister, on the other hand, cried most of the day, waiting for him to come home. She cancelled her meetings and planned to sit on the couch and spend the night with Liam in her arms, just holding and cuddling him to make him (and probably herself, too) feel better. Liam had other ideas and she managed to hold him for about 30 seconds before he was off and running again.

I'm glad everybody is OK!