Hi everyone,
I hastily made a thread in "Crossing the Bridge" about a kitten I thought had passed away. After making the thread, I went to say my goodbyes to the kitten and she moved! I was so excited to see that that I rushed her to the vet ER immediately. I figured if they couldn't save her she could at least be humanely put down instead of suffering. I thought she had suffered some kind of trauma.
Here is a link to the previous thread (with pictures of her.) :
http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/sho...threadid=26068
She's currently still there and is considered critical but the vet says she thinks she'll pull through. I'm really hoping so.
Apparently she didn't have enough glucose in her blood. This is akin to a diabetic coma, I guess, because the vet said the kitten had more or less gone into a coma (or was well on her way.) They had to treat her by putting glucose on her gums and even had to give her oxygen - that's how close I was to losing her.
I'd also mistakenly thought she was a little boy kitty.. I guess I didn't check close enough. She's going to have to stay overnight and she isn't out of the woods yet but for anyone who read the thread in crossing the bridge this is just an update.
I'm so glad this site is here. Everyone else thinks I'm crazy for spending ~$300 on a little kitten but it was so painful to see her like that. I feel so lucky that she might survive.
Thanks for listening and I apologize for the hasty thread in Crossing the Bridge.
I hastily made a thread in "Crossing the Bridge" about a kitten I thought had passed away. After making the thread, I went to say my goodbyes to the kitten and she moved! I was so excited to see that that I rushed her to the vet ER immediately. I figured if they couldn't save her she could at least be humanely put down instead of suffering. I thought she had suffered some kind of trauma.
Here is a link to the previous thread (with pictures of her.) :
http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/sho...threadid=26068
She's currently still there and is considered critical but the vet says she thinks she'll pull through. I'm really hoping so.
Apparently she didn't have enough glucose in her blood. This is akin to a diabetic coma, I guess, because the vet said the kitten had more or less gone into a coma (or was well on her way.) They had to treat her by putting glucose on her gums and even had to give her oxygen - that's how close I was to losing her.
I'd also mistakenly thought she was a little boy kitty.. I guess I didn't check close enough. She's going to have to stay overnight and she isn't out of the woods yet but for anyone who read the thread in crossing the bridge this is just an update.
I'm so glad this site is here. Everyone else thinks I'm crazy for spending ~$300 on a little kitten but it was so painful to see her like that. I feel so lucky that she might survive.
Thanks for listening and I apologize for the hasty thread in Crossing the Bridge.