My baby Tiger is in the emergency room...

I am glad he gets to come home soon!! It is so hard on both the cats and their humans!! I bet he will be by your side every moment. Maybe you should just switch the both of them, it is more common in males. Maybe some prevention before it happens. Let us know how he does when he gets home!!

Hey Meowman, I am so happy to hear that Tiger is going to be all right. As for not having a recurrence -- did you know that you can speak things into existence? Guard the words of your tongue and speak health into Tiger, and it will happen. I'll also be speaking it for you!

The vet called and woke me this morning. I was checking my mail before giving an update, thus all the replies to those other posts first.

Tiger is completely unblocked and peeing all on his own. They said that he could probably come home today! YAHOOOOOO!!!!!

I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY miss my baby boy. And it dawned on me last night why I was getting SO MUCH MORE love from Socrates than usual (You all recall how he only likes love on his terms?): He misses his little brother/his playmate.

I'll give you guys an update when I bring him home or when I arrive home from work.

Dear Chuck,
First, I'm going to have to say how happy I am that Tiger's in the clear! I just can't tell you how much of a relief in my own heart that is. I think we all have become so close to each of others cats here it's almost absurd...but, who said love has to have psychological parameters? I must've read this post 3 times and LMAO (oooooooops, there it goes) each time because I can hear your voice now!! It just please's me, however; we just don't count our blessings often enough do we? Thank you for reminding me today how much I love my babies; and of course they love their Mommy; and how much I have love and am given love from everyone in my life. Even here at the site...I've found a lot of wonderful people.
God Bless You .... Your're My Hero Today ...
Always,

That's great news! I'm so happy for all 3 of you!

Tiger is home. He's feeling much better, but both his front legs are shaven where the IV's were. They said that he'd be peeing blood w/ his urine for a short while. I have to go to work and being the over-protective dad that I am, I asked Aunt Laura to come and cat sit, which she readily agreed. And when Aunt Laura leaves at 11:00 pm, Aunt Ana is going to come check on him. And then I'll be getting home. I guess I'm just nervous. The Doc said to watch and make sure he's peeing. Right now, I don't care where he pees as long as hes able to. I've been crawling around on the floor w/ him giving him rub and love. He's purring away. I think he's happy to be home. Socrates smelled vet on him and hissed at him and I yelled at Socs, telling him to be nice to his kid brother and no rough housing or I was putting him on restriction! I'm so glad he's home. I was miserable last night. Well, I'm off to work and leaving Tiger in Aunt Laura's capable cat hands (She's mom to my nieces Tammy Faye, Ezmarelda and my "big boned" nephew Nermal).

So glad your boy is home with you and well the cat sitters too of course! I have been reading all your posts and holding my breath and praying... Thank God the prayers have been answered...

Oh I am so glad Tiger is home with you, and is doing well!!!!

I just thought I'd let everyone know that Tiger seems to be doing well. I came in the door and he was sitting right there (as I told you at the beginning of this post that he wasn't Sat. night, which made me know something was wrong) and purring and rubbing against me and I just burst into tears and sat down and rubbed him for a long while. And he ate it up, closing his eyes, tilting his head back for easy neck access and he rolled over for me. And I just balled like a baby. I was at work worrying and calling Laura to see how he was. He went to the litterbox soon after and I quietly followed him. He squatted for a few minutes and peed only a very little. The vet said he would be hurting, so I guess he was having trouble. At least he's peeing again. And poor Socrates was hissing and growling at Laura and Tiger all night. I kept getting on to him. I guess he smelled vet and Socrates REALLY hates the vet. You should see what a chore it is to get him in the carrier. It took 2-3 adults last time. I got online briefly and then I sat down on the floor for an hour and a half and just rubbed him. He melted and even purred during sleep.

I've been feeling very depressed all night because of worrying about Tiger and the financial strain this is putting on me (I'm not complaining, my boys life is worth more than all the money in the world). I can seriously feel the pressure on me right now, but ALL I really care about is that he doesn't have a reoccurance.

I may decide to just stay offline and away from everyone for a few days (aside from work) and just bury myself for a short while. I guess I'm just feeling a little alone and over-burdened at the moment.

But, this place is addicting and after having met so many of you absolutely wonderful, gracious and caring people, I probably won't.

OK, enough complaining. I'm going to bed. Its 4:30am.

I'm glad he's back home!

Please don't disapear on us Meowman! If you feel down, we're here for you! It's only natural with all the stress you've been under. And please feel free to share your worries with us - financial or others. Sometimes talking about these things helps putting them in the right proportions and who knows, maybe we can help you sort things out!

Anne

Chuck, i'm sorry i missed this thread while i was away, i wanted you to know i read through it and was thinking of you and your baby.

we all care about you and would miss ya too much if you were away. like Anne said, we are all here for you.



i'm here and if you need to talk, email me.

-kate

Yes,,,,we are here for you Chuck, and I would really hate to see you disappear for awhile.

Thank you all very, very much. I will survive. I'm just taking a real beating on all fronts at the moment: Emotionally, financially, etc. But, we always do find a way to make it. And, don't worry about me disappearing. I'd miss all of you too much.

I am glad you are going to stick around. The only thing I can say is that if we didnt have rough times, we would never know what the good ones were. It will get better soon!

I have been off site and did not hear about Tigger. Meowman you are such an awesome cat owner, I am sorry your baby got so sick - we are all happy he is okay!

Tiger has been so sweet! He's all love and eating up the extra spoiling hes getting. But, Socrates? Geez, I have NEVER seen him this pissed off! He's just mad at the whole world and staying on the bed in the BR sulking and jerking away everytime I go to pet him and growling and hissing and swiping at Tiger. And poor little Tiger just wants his playmate. I feel so bad for him. He looks so pathetic with his front legs shaved hairless. I can tell he's feeling bad.

Remember that cats get stressed out easily at any change in routine. This has probably been an ordeal for Socs as well as Tiger.

Give it time... Cats are usually like that when one of their playmates comes back from the vet. Socrates cannot even be sure that it is Tiger - he smells all different.

Just keep calm around them and don't snap at Socs for hissing at his brother. It'll sort itself out with time.

Dear Chuck,
Awwwwww...you poor thing! I bet you're probably more stressed out than Soc's and Tiger put together! I don't know what to say other than the ol' cliche that Anne just mentioned in her post prior. Time has a way of working these things out...unfortunately it's not on our time. It's hard to be patient when you've been through such an ordeal. I know. We've all had our share and I know you have and then some. Just another lesson in patience I guess. I pray that the good Lord allows this to pass real soon. He's really been with you through the hardest times....just remember he's better and this will pass Hugs!
God Bless You, Socs & Tiger
Always,

He is probably a bit jealous of the extra attention Tiger is getting right now. Give it some time, and I'm sure it will go back to normal!