One kitten is going things. Everything seemed fine but it's just been one thing after another.
10/3: She wouldn't eat or drink. She was the following the path of her two kitten siblings who had parvo (passed away) so I went to the emergency vet before anything went bad. She tested positive for parvo and wanted to hospitalize her but that was like $2000. I couldn't do that so she was sent home with medication.
10/4: Still wouldn't eat or drink. This time I started giving her water with a dropper. That way she would have some liquid even if she didn't want to move.
10/5: She licked a little bit of the liquid in the canned food but not much after those few licks. So I scheduled an appointment with the main vet.
10/6: It still wasn't eating or drinking too much on her own. I guess it was food because they gave her the Purina veterinary Rx canned food. She ate it up quickly. The vet tried to send an IV bag with me so I wouldn't have to use the dropper but I was afraid of it because she still had some strength to move around. Plus the idea of inserting a needle with no experience with pet procedures is scary. I don't really have anyone to help me. A part of me now wishes I took it. But the vet said the dropper seemed to be working.
10/6 and 10/7 were two days that were great. She seemed like her old self. She was eating and drinking. Playing and jumping. Then I don't know what happened.
10/8: She would fall and go stiff. I looked it up and thought it was seizures. All the clinics were closed even the emergency one. I traveled about 50 miles to the nearest late-night emergency clinic. They said it was tremors and not seizures. That it seemed congenial than anything else but couldn't perform the other tests because they don't have the equipment. I wasn't sent home with any medication. I have trouble remembering things sometimes. I think the vet said tremors weren't dangerous or a problem but to contact my regular vet.
10/9: Today has been tough. She has trouble with heights. The tremors seem to happen when she's trying to go up and down. They also happen when she's laying down but not as much. She can still eat, drink, and use the litter. She tries to play as well. She doesn't wobble as much if she walks slowly. It's just when she moves fast or tries to go up and down. I'm thinking it might be the vestibular disease. Unless that is what the emergency vet was talking about. I'm still afraid it might be seizures but the vet said it wasn't that. I plan to go to the main vet again to see what they say about tremors.
I feel so hopeless now. I also feel alone. That's why I joined this site so maybe someone else might understand what I'm going through because no one in my life really cares.
I worry about her quality of life because almost anything she does can trigger the tremors and I can't always watch her due to college, other errands, being in another room for a few minutes, or when I'm sleeping. Plus there's the cost. About $1,000 was spent through different payment options. I don't know how I'm going to pay if all this continues when it comes to trying to figure out what's wrong.
At the same time, she seems like herself and is acting normal in a way (eating, drinking, playing) but it's just her body that's the problem. I want to believe what she is dealing with is treatable and that she can return to normal. I'm trying to prepare myself for the idea that I have a disabled cat now if the tremors, or whatever condition she has is not curable and I don't decide to... It's too terrible to say because I just want to believe. Plus I found out about nationwide's pet insurance. I might be able to afford that.
I'm scared to open up about this to others because I didn't vaccinate when I should have. There is a spay and neuter clinic that offers all the shots at the time of surgery. That's when I was going to do it. I also thought that since they were indoor cats that they'd be free from disease. The mom cat kept going in and out of the house. I think she might have been the source of parvo but I don't know because she's still acting normal. And that's another story. I feel so terrible though. I can't sleep because I feel like I have to be awake to watch out for the kitten. I can't explain all the shame and sadness I feel.
Has anyone else experienced this? Or at least the tremors?
10/3: She wouldn't eat or drink. She was the following the path of her two kitten siblings who had parvo (passed away) so I went to the emergency vet before anything went bad. She tested positive for parvo and wanted to hospitalize her but that was like $2000. I couldn't do that so she was sent home with medication.
10/4: Still wouldn't eat or drink. This time I started giving her water with a dropper. That way she would have some liquid even if she didn't want to move.
10/5: She licked a little bit of the liquid in the canned food but not much after those few licks. So I scheduled an appointment with the main vet.
10/6: It still wasn't eating or drinking too much on her own. I guess it was food because they gave her the Purina veterinary Rx canned food. She ate it up quickly. The vet tried to send an IV bag with me so I wouldn't have to use the dropper but I was afraid of it because she still had some strength to move around. Plus the idea of inserting a needle with no experience with pet procedures is scary. I don't really have anyone to help me. A part of me now wishes I took it. But the vet said the dropper seemed to be working.
10/6 and 10/7 were two days that were great. She seemed like her old self. She was eating and drinking. Playing and jumping. Then I don't know what happened.
10/8: She would fall and go stiff. I looked it up and thought it was seizures. All the clinics were closed even the emergency one. I traveled about 50 miles to the nearest late-night emergency clinic. They said it was tremors and not seizures. That it seemed congenial than anything else but couldn't perform the other tests because they don't have the equipment. I wasn't sent home with any medication. I have trouble remembering things sometimes. I think the vet said tremors weren't dangerous or a problem but to contact my regular vet.
10/9: Today has been tough. She has trouble with heights. The tremors seem to happen when she's trying to go up and down. They also happen when she's laying down but not as much. She can still eat, drink, and use the litter. She tries to play as well. She doesn't wobble as much if she walks slowly. It's just when she moves fast or tries to go up and down. I'm thinking it might be the vestibular disease. Unless that is what the emergency vet was talking about. I'm still afraid it might be seizures but the vet said it wasn't that. I plan to go to the main vet again to see what they say about tremors.
I feel so hopeless now. I also feel alone. That's why I joined this site so maybe someone else might understand what I'm going through because no one in my life really cares.
I worry about her quality of life because almost anything she does can trigger the tremors and I can't always watch her due to college, other errands, being in another room for a few minutes, or when I'm sleeping. Plus there's the cost. About $1,000 was spent through different payment options. I don't know how I'm going to pay if all this continues when it comes to trying to figure out what's wrong.
At the same time, she seems like herself and is acting normal in a way (eating, drinking, playing) but it's just her body that's the problem. I want to believe what she is dealing with is treatable and that she can return to normal. I'm trying to prepare myself for the idea that I have a disabled cat now if the tremors, or whatever condition she has is not curable and I don't decide to... It's too terrible to say because I just want to believe. Plus I found out about nationwide's pet insurance. I might be able to afford that.
I'm scared to open up about this to others because I didn't vaccinate when I should have. There is a spay and neuter clinic that offers all the shots at the time of surgery. That's when I was going to do it. I also thought that since they were indoor cats that they'd be free from disease. The mom cat kept going in and out of the house. I think she might have been the source of parvo but I don't know because she's still acting normal. And that's another story. I feel so terrible though. I can't sleep because I feel like I have to be awake to watch out for the kitten. I can't explain all the shame and sadness I feel.
Has anyone else experienced this? Or at least the tremors?
