Our cat Molly had pneumonia. She started to show signs of being unwell last friday, she was lethargic, wouldn't eat and then looked like she was having trouble breathing. We took her to the emergency vets who did a blood test, which was fine, took her temperature, which was a little bit high, gave her an anti inflammatory and anti biotics and sent us home. She seemed to perk up a little on Saturday, then Sunday she was worse again. We took her back to the vet, who x-rayed her chest. A mass showed up in her chest and her bronchi in her lungs were inflamed. They gave us a diuretic to move the fluid, and and bronchiodialator. We planned to x-ray her again on Wednesday. Again she seemed to perk up, then Tuesday she was far worse again. I took her back to the vets, and got us referred to a specialist animal hospital, the animal health trust, near Newmarket. They admitted her that day, they did an ultrasound of her chest, and a scan, and diagnosed her with acute pneumonia in her left lung. They put her on a drip of very strong anti biotics and fluids and we hoped they would work within or after 48 hours. Wednesday (yesterday) during the day her breathing slowed to a normal level, and her temperature lowered, but then when we visited her in the evening she suddenly got a lot worse. I think the mucus and fluid was coming out of her lungs, and she was hyper salivating, and panicking. This was making her gag. They quickly gave her oxygen then transferred her to the incubator, which is an oxygen chamber. She stayed in there all night and all day, they were unable to take her out as she wasn't stable enough. They wanted to do a bronchial wash to find out what the bacteria was which was making her ill, but the risk that she wouldn't have come round from the anasthetic was too great. I saw her this evening, I took her a t-shirt to have which I had slept in last night, they put it in the oxygen chamber with her, I hoped that the smell of home would make her feel better. She was open mouth breathing this evening, it was the worst thing to see her suffering so much. I wanted to have the suffering instead of her. There was a still a chance that the antibiotics could start to work and she would pull through, but then tonight she just stopped breathing. Tonight I dried my tears and put on my bravest face and got to stroke her head, I told her she is amazing, and that we love her and all miss her and want her to come home, so she must be strong and get better.
I can't believe she's never coming home. I still expect her to come bounding down the stairs and ask for her dinner. I want to go to the back door and call her in to come and sleep on the bed with us.
She was only two years old. She was so amazing. She used to wake me up my biting the pages out of the books which I kept my the bed. She could bite out every single page of every book that I own, and chew every iphone charger cable, and wake me up at 4am, 5am, I don't care, just to have her back home with us fit and well again. I can't believe that just one week ago I was watching her playing and now she's gone forever. She was such a brave, inquisitive cat, she used to go into all of the neighbours houses when they had their doors open (it's very friendly where we live), and they welcomed her as she was so funny, lovely, friendly, loving and just amazing.
I love you so much Molly, we were so lucky to share your life, I just wish that you were here with us for longer.
I hate this disease for stealing our baby away from us, she deserved so much longer to play and eat and be loved by all of us. It's just not fair, and I can't comprehend it at all.
Play happily at the Rainbow Bridge my sweet baby, you will always be in my heart and I will love you forever.
I can't believe she's never coming home. I still expect her to come bounding down the stairs and ask for her dinner. I want to go to the back door and call her in to come and sleep on the bed with us.
She was only two years old. She was so amazing. She used to wake me up my biting the pages out of the books which I kept my the bed. She could bite out every single page of every book that I own, and chew every iphone charger cable, and wake me up at 4am, 5am, I don't care, just to have her back home with us fit and well again. I can't believe that just one week ago I was watching her playing and now she's gone forever. She was such a brave, inquisitive cat, she used to go into all of the neighbours houses when they had their doors open (it's very friendly where we live), and they welcomed her as she was so funny, lovely, friendly, loving and just amazing.
I love you so much Molly, we were so lucky to share your life, I just wish that you were here with us for longer.
I hate this disease for stealing our baby away from us, she deserved so much longer to play and eat and be loved by all of us. It's just not fair, and I can't comprehend it at all.
Play happily at the Rainbow Bridge my sweet baby, you will always be in my heart and I will love you forever.
I lost my 12 year old Skippy to cancer on May 1st. It was the worst, worst thing 
