I don't even know where to begin, but this is the only place I could think of to turn. We had storm's roll through here yesterday, with constant thunder and lightning, but no rain. Layla hid in the bedroom under Dad's bed and didn't come out for anything. I assumed it was the storm's. We tried to coax her out but she wouldn't budge, so we left her there. This morning, I got up, and Mom told me Layla still wouldn't come out from under the bed. We finally got her out, and she drank almost a full bowl of water, and went to hide again. Something wasn't right, and I knew it. She had this funny smell, and she was walking hunched up and slow like she was in a ton of pain.
I called the vet immediately to make sure if I came in with just a CC number and not the owner of the card if they would take it, and they said yea, come on in. I rushed up there with my sister and within a few minutes we were in with the vet. Her temp was at 105, so she has a fever, and he was examining her, and when he felt along her spine, about midway down her back, he found the soreness. She cried out, and clenched up, and I cried. He wanted to keep her for the day to run a blood test, do xray's, all that kind of stuff, pain meds, antibiotics...
Well, I just called, and he told me he managed to get her temp down to 104, there's still some tenderness in her back, and upon xray's discovered her vertebrae in that area are not... shaped like they should be. Her WBC came back normal, but he's concerned obviously about her back, and wants to keep her over night because he doesn't want to send her home with a temp.
I don't know what to do. I don't think they have 24 hour vet care there, so what if something happen's during the night? Mom's so upset, and I'm debating on bringing her home for the night, and bringing her back in the morning. I don't know what to do. I want what's best for her, but I wonder if bringing her home might be best. I don't know. Keep her in your thoughts. I'm scared out of my mind right now, and once again we have another cat where they are unsure of excatly what's going on, and I'm at my wit's end.
I called the vet immediately to make sure if I came in with just a CC number and not the owner of the card if they would take it, and they said yea, come on in. I rushed up there with my sister and within a few minutes we were in with the vet. Her temp was at 105, so she has a fever, and he was examining her, and when he felt along her spine, about midway down her back, he found the soreness. She cried out, and clenched up, and I cried. He wanted to keep her for the day to run a blood test, do xray's, all that kind of stuff, pain meds, antibiotics...
Well, I just called, and he told me he managed to get her temp down to 104, there's still some tenderness in her back, and upon xray's discovered her vertebrae in that area are not... shaped like they should be. Her WBC came back normal, but he's concerned obviously about her back, and wants to keep her over night because he doesn't want to send her home with a temp.
I don't know what to do. I don't think they have 24 hour vet care there, so what if something happen's during the night? Mom's so upset, and I'm debating on bringing her home for the night, and bringing her back in the morning. I don't know what to do. I want what's best for her, but I wonder if bringing her home might be best. I don't know. Keep her in your thoughts. I'm scared out of my mind right now, and once again we have another cat where they are unsure of excatly what's going on, and I'm at my wit's end.
